In 1943 made a 16mm amateur short film entitled "Mimi, Queen of the Crap Shooters". It attracted the attention of the producers of Three Russian Girls (1943), who decided to cast her in the film.
Daughter of Chicago steel executive Arthur W. Armstrong.
Retired after marrying producer Benedict Bogeaus, she suffered from
manic depression and an emotional breakdown after her husband left her
to marry sexpot actress Dolores Moran. She subsequently took her own
life.