Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the staunch Signora Carvadossi in "Up Front" (1951). After immigrating to the United States in the mid-1930s, she began her career as a leading lady on the stage in stock companies. Upon being introduced to director George Blair during a dinner party the prestigious Musso & Frank Grill, he was so impressed by her mature appearance, dark good looks, and distinctive voice, that he arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing in a leading role per his supervision in "Madonna of the Desert" (1948). From there, she would go on to flourish as a notable character actress appearing in over 30 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, businesswomen, old maids, secretaries, white-collared workers, nurses, retail clerks, landladies, housekeepers, managers, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "This Time of Your Life" (1948), "Music Man" (1948), "East Side, West Side" (1949), "Borderline" (1950), "Black Hand" (1950), "Stars and Stripes Forever" (1952), "Three Coins in the Fountain" (1954), "Sheild for Murder" (1954), "Young at Heart" (1954), "The McConnell Story" (1955), "Dragstrip Girl" (1957), "The Black Orchid" (1958), "Rome Adventure" (1962), and "The Prize" (1963). On television, she became an even more familiar face appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Adventures of Kit Carson," "Cameo Theatre," "Death Valley Days," "Adventures of the Falcon," "The Joe Palooka Story," "Treasury Men in Action," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "The Bob Cummings Show," "Crossroads," "Producers Showcase," "The Millionaire," "Wagon Train," "Peter Gunn," "Goodyear Theatre," "Checkmate," and "Kraft Suspense Theatre". During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was a naturalized United States citizen, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, and she was married to fellow character actor Tito Vuolo. Upon her 1964 retirement, she spent the final years of her life living quietly in the suburbs and was involved in charitable and religious ventures, until her death from the complications of undisclosed causes.