Vinton was a good looking young woman in her youth, and was often called in her acting days "a Jean Harlow look alike".
Their father found work alongside his brother-in-law as a motion picture cameraman, but his long hours meant that his daughters were alternately raised by their grandmother as well as an aunt and uncle.
Growing up with the movie industry all around her, as a young woman, Vinton decided to pursue a show business career.
Perhaps her most famous part was that of the seamstress in the musical number "Spin a Little Web of Dreams" in the movie Fashions of 1934.
However, she still had not reached full star billing status, and appeared in another seven films that same year, uncredited.
Though her actual date of death could not be clearly established, her body was found exactly one year to the day after her beloved husband, Jack (1901-1979), died.