Had a key role in the critically lauded film Sweet Smell of Success (1957) as Tony Curtis' secretary, but her role was cut extensively,
including a big romantic scene with Curtis that might have reignited
her movie career.
Lived in Towson, MD during her youth and was a 1938 graduate of the Towson Senior High School.
Had two children by her (much older) first husband Bill Anderson:
Michael Phineas (nicknamed Mickey Finn), born in 1942, and Sarah Jane
(Sally), born 1947.
Upon her death, she was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea in the Pacific Ocean.
She is prominently featured as a character in the mystery novels, "Dead in the Shadows", "Dead on Their Trail", and "Dead During Intermission" by John Dandola.
She was a staunch Republican who gave much of her time and money towards various conservative political causes. She attended several Republican National Conventions, galas, and fund-raisers, and she was active in the campaigns of Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, and Ronald Reagan.