Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the mentally ill Laura Van Ee in "Scared to Death" (1947). Born unto a family of wealth and position, after winning a 1930 Beauty Contest she was signed under contract to British International Pictures. Between 1930 and 1951, she would appear in over 50 full-length motion pictures between two continents; often typecast as playgirl, debutante, socialite, snob, nurse, educator, doctor, educator, heroine, wife, mother, old maid, best friend, eccentric, secretary, singer, or, in her later years, matriarch. She was featured in such films as "The Black Hand Gang" (1930), "Uneasy Virtue" (1931), "Strictly Business" (1931), "The Strangler" (1932), "His Wife's Mother" (1932), "Paris Plane" (1933), "Letting in the Sunshine" (1933), "No Escape" (1934), "The Third Clue" (1934), "Oh, What a Night" (1935), "Murder at Monte Carlo" (1935), "Mary of Scotland" (1936), "The Jungle Princess" (1936), "The Awful Truth" (1937), "The Moon and Sixpense" (1942), "Thumbs Up" (1943), "Mr. Skeffington" (1944), "The White Cliffs of Dover" (1944), "Devil Bat's Daughter" (1946), "The Dark Corner" (1946), "Ivy" (1947), "Christmas Eve" (1947), "South Sea Sinner" (1950), and "The First Legion" (1951). During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1938, was active within the Episcopal Actors Guild, was supportive of the Hollywood Republican Committee, and she was married to investor Edward Bellande from 1938 until his death in 1975. After withdrawing from the film industry in 1951, she spent the next 25 years working as theatrical and vocal coach for the Pasadena Playhouse until her 1976 retirement.