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Overview
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Good-looking, blond-haired actress, typically in roles conveying severe... moreTrivia:
Had to use her own gowns, furs and jewels in many of the low budget movies... moreAwards:
1 win moreUS TV Schedule:
| Sun. July 20 | 6:00 AM | TCM | Turnabout | |||
| Tue. July 22 | 3:30 PM | TCM | The Best Years of Our Lives | |||
| Wed. July 23 | 4:05 AM | MAX | Imitation of Life |
Filmography
Actress:
- "Pete and Gladys" .... Mrs. Wilson (1 episode, 1961)
- Gladys' Political Campaign (1961) TV episode .... Mrs. Wilson - Girl in the Woods (1958) .... Aunt Martha
- "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" .... Waitress (1 episode, 1958)
... aka Call Mr. D.e
- The Percentage Takers (1958) TV episode .... Waitress - "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" .... Mme. Madeline (1 episode, 1958)
- Pirate on Horseback (1958) TV episode .... Mme. Madeline - Jet Pilot (1957) (uncredited) .... Mrs. Simpson
- The Persuader (1957) .... Julie
- "The Abbott and Costello Show" .... Girl at Drivers License Bureau (1 episode)
- Las Vegas (????) TV episode .... Girl at Drivers License Bureau - Grand Canyon (1949) .... Mabel
- Incident (1948) .... Joan
- Luxury Liner (1948) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
- Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) (uncredited) .... Cotterell's Blonde Girlfriend
- A Southern Yankee (1948) .... Hortense Dobson
... aka My Hero (UK) - Linda Be Good (1947) .... Mrs. LaVitte
- Exposed (1947) .... Emmy
- Scared to Death (1947) .... Jane Cornell
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) (uncredited) .... Hat Check Girl
... aka Samuel Goldwyn's The Best Years of Our Lives (USA: poster title) - Rendezvous with Annie (1946) .... Louise Grapa
... aka Corporal Dolan AWOL (UK)
... aka Corporal Dolan Goes A.W.O.L. (USA: reissue title) - Night and Day (1946) (uncredited) .... Chorine
- Behind the Mask (1946) .... Lulu
- Dark Alibi (1946) .... Emily Evans
- Danger Signal (1945) .... Kate
- Mildred Pierce (1945) (uncredited) .... Waitress
- Christmas in Connecticut (1945) .... Mary Lee
... aka Indiscretion (UK) - Hitchhike to Happiness (1945) .... Joan Randall
- Pillow to Post (1945) (uncredited) .... Gertrude Wilson, Army wife on bus
- Roughly Speaking (1945) (uncredited) .... Prissy girl
- Swing Out the Blues (1943) .... Kitty Grogan
- Silver Spurs (1943) .... Millie Love
- Let's Face It (1943) (uncredited) .... Wiggin's girl
- A Gentle Gangster (1943) .... Kitty Parker
- Silver Skates (1943) .... Lucille
- Thunder Birds (1942) .... Saleswoman
- Too Many Women (1942) .... Barbara Cartwright
- Bedtime Story (1941) .... Beulah
- Blues in the Night (1941) .... Blonde dancing with drunk
- Moon Over Her Shoulder (1941) .... Cecilia
- Scattergood Meets Broadway (1941) .... Diana Deane
... aka Blonde Menace (USA: TV title) - Manpower (1941) .... Scarlett
- Ziegfeld Girl (1941) (uncredited) .... Miss Sawyer, Auditioning Showgirl
- Let's Make Music (1941) .... Betty
- Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940) .... Cynthia Lou
- The Villain Still Pursued Her (1940) .... Hazel Dalton
- Sky Murder (1940) .... Christine Cross/Her Twin Sister
- City for Conquest (1940) .... Lilly
- They Drive by Night (1940) (uncredited) .... Sue Carter
... aka The Road to Frisco (UK) - I Take This Oath (1940) .... Betty Casey
... aka Police Rookie (USA: TV title) - Turnabout (1940) .... Irene Clare
- Honeymoon Deferred (1940) .... Kitty Kerry
- Escape to Paradise (1939) .... Penelope Carter
- Balalaika (1939) .... Masha (Lydia's maid)
- Reno (1939) .... Bonnie Newcombe
- Hotel for Women (1939) .... Emeline Thomas
... aka Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women - Rose of Washington Square (1939) .... Peggy
- The Flying Irishman (1939) (uncredited) .... Sally, a Waitress
- Going Places (1938) .... Joan - the Colonel's Mistress
- Trade Winds (1938) .... Mrs. Johnson
- Artists and Models Abroad (1938) .... 'Chickie'
... aka Stranded in Paris (UK) - The Last Warning (1938) .... Dawn Day aka Minnie Schultz
- Spring Madness (1938) .... Sally Prescott
- How to Watch Football (1938) (uncredited) .... Benchley's Girlfriend
- You and Me (1938) .... Curly Blonde Shopper
- Women Are Like That (1938) .... Miss Hall, Frazier's Secretary
- Man-Proof (1938) (uncredited) .... Guest
- Love on a Budget (1938) .... Millie Brown
- The Awful Truth (1937) .... Dixie Belle Lee
- Small Town Boy (1937) .... Molly Summers
- She Asked for It (1937) (uncredited) .... Miss Hurley
- Sea Racketeers (1937) .... Blondie
- Born Reckless (1937) (uncredited) .... Dora - at the Race Track
- Rhythm in the Clouds (1937) .... Amy Lou
- Kid Galahad (1937) (uncredited) .... Party guest on phone
... aka The Battling Bellhop (USA: TV title) - Pick a Star (1937) .... Newlywed
... aka Movie Struck (USA: reissue title) - Wings Over Honolulu (1937) .... Caroline
- We Have Our Moments (1937) .... Carrie
- Top of the Town (1937) (uncredited) .... Beulah
- China Passage (1937) .... Elaine Gentry, Customs Agent aka Mrs. Katharine 'Kate' Collins
- Three Smart Girls (1936) (uncredited) .... Judson's Secretary
- Country Gentlemen (1936) .... Gertie
- Under Your Spell (1936) (uncredited) .... Secretary
- Ellis Island (1936) .... Adele
- Murder with Pictures (1936) .... Hester Boone
- Sitting on the Moon (1936) .... Blossom
- Star for a Night (1936) .... Ellen Romaine
- Trapped by Television (1936) .... Mae Collins
... aka Caught by Television (UK) - The Harvester (1936) .... Thelma Biddle
- Love Before Breakfast (1936) .... Mary Lee
- Valley of the Lawless (1936) .... Joan Jenkins
- Magnificent Obsession (1935) (uncredited) .... Nurse
- Public Ghost No. 1 (1935) .... Miss Compton
- Suicide Squad (1935) .... Mary O'Connor
- Life Hesitates at 40 (1935)
- Manhattan Monkey Business (1935) .... Joyce
- College Scandal (1935) .... Toby Carpenter
... aka The Clock Strikes 8 (UK) - Let 'em Have It (1935) .... Barbara
... aka False Faces (UK) - Mister Dynamite (1935) (uncredited) .... Check Room Girl
... aka Mr. Dynamite - Go Into Your Dance (1935) .... Showgirl in cafe
... aka Casino de Paree (UK) - The Rustlers of Red Dog (1935) .... Mary Lee
- Imitation of Life (1934) (uncredited) .... Young Woman at Party
- The White Parade (1934) .... Una Mellon
- Everything's Ducky (1934) .... Jennie Taylor, Eddie's Wife
- Caravan (1934/I) (uncredited)
- King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934) .... Maxine Latour
... aka Irish and Proud of It - Million Dollar Ransom (1934)
- Affairs of a Gentleman (1934) .... Foxey
- The Trumpet Blows (1934) (uncredited) .... Blonde on Train
... aka The Trumpet Calls (UK) - Only Yesterday (1933) (uncredited) .... Margot
- Sing, Sinner, Sing (1933) .... Gwen
- The Big Fibber (1933)
- Knockout Kisses (1933)
- Daddy Knows Best (1933)
- Roadhouse Queen (1933)
- Dream Stuff (1933)
- The Plumber and the Lady (1933)
- Caliente Love (1933)
- Luxury Liner (1933) (uncredited)
- A Wrestler's Bride (1933)
- Afraid to Talk (1932) .... Alice
... aka Merry-Go-Round (USA: new title) - If I Had a Million (1932) .... Marie - Waitress
- Madison Sq. Garden (1932) .... Joyce
- False Faces (1932) .... Dottie Nation
... aka What Price Beauty? (UK) - Hat Check Girl (1932) .... A party guest
... aka Embassy Girl (UK) - A Parisian Romance (1932) .... Marcelle
- Fighting for Justice (1932) .... Amy Tracy
- Lady and Gent (1932) .... Betty
... aka The Challenger - Beauty Parlor (1932) .... Joan
- Unholy Love (1932) .... Sheilla Bailey
... aka Deceit (UK) - Westward Passage (1932) (uncredited) .... Lillie, the Model
- Lena Rivers (1932) .... Caroline
... aka The Sin of Lena Rivers (USA: reissue title) - Under 18 (1931) .... Sybil
- Good Sport (1931) .... Fay
- The Spider (1931) (uncredited) .... Butch's Girl Friend
- Annabelle's Affairs (1931) .... Mabel
... aka Good Gracious Annabelle
... aka The Affairs of Annabelle
... aka Two Can Play - Up Pops the Devil (1931) .... Luella May Carroll
- Three Girls Lost (1931) .... Edna Best
- Three Rogues (1931) .... Ace's girl
... aka Not Exactly Gentlemen - Lightnin' (1930) .... Diana
- Wild Company (1930) .... Anita
- The Three Sisters (1930) .... Carlotta
- High Society Blues (1930) .... Pearl Granger
- The Sky Hawk (1929) .... Peggy
- Salute (1929) .... Marian Wilson
- Dangerous Curves (1929) .... Jennie Silver
- The Wild Party (1929) .... Eva 'Evie' Tutt
- Soft Living (1928) .... Billie Wilson
- The Border Cavalier (1927) .... Madge Lawton
- Ankles Preferred (1927) .... Virginia
- Syncopating Sue (1926) .... Marge Adams
- Broadway Lady (1925) .... Phyllis Westbrook
- What Fools Men (1925) .... Dorothy
- Sally (1925)
- The Golden Bed (1925) (uncredited) .... Bit Part
Soundtrack:
- The Flying Irishman (1939) ("She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain When She Comes")
- Artists and Models Abroad (1938) (performer: "What Have You Got That Gets Me")
... aka Stranded in Paris (UK) - The Awful Truth (1937) (performer: "My Dreams Are Gone With the Wind")
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