Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the timid Sally Crane in "Showdown at Boot Hill" (1959). Born Gertrude Meyler, she was one of eight children of a working-class family. After attaining her degree in theatrical arts from the Gate Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, she immigrated to the United States to begin a career in American theatre. After settling in New York City, New York, she began a stage career appearing as a leading lady in such productions as "Our Betters," "I Am a Camera," "Gigi," "The Prodigal Son," "Buy Me Blue Ribbons," "The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi," "I've Got Sixpence," "The Mousetrap," "Escapade," "Camino Real," "Four Winds," "The Crucible," "Waiting for Godot," "Tea and Sympathy," "The Dark is Light Enough," "Blithe Spirit," "The Glass Menagerie," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "A View from the Bridge," "A Memory of Two Mondays," "Towards Zero," "Look Back in Anger," "Orpheus Descending," and "Dead Liar". While appearing in "The Midnight Caller", she was discovered by film director Andrew McLaglen. Impressed by her dark good looks, slim physique, and distinctive voice, he took notice of her potential and arrange for her to relocate from New York to California and begin a career in the film industry beginning with her being under his supervision in "The Abductors" (1957). From there, she would go on to enjoy a successful career in the film and television industry appearing in over 30 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, nurses, governesses, educators, secretaries, playgirls, chorines, gold diggers, debutantes, retail clerks, businesswomen, landladies, snobs, neighbors, best friends, eccentrics, love interests, exotics, femme fatales, clergywomen, white-collared workers, and, in her later years, patriarchs. She had a feature role in the motion picture "Zero Hour!" (1957). During the advent of television, she became a familiar face appearing in such syndicated sitcoms as "Trackdown," "The Court of Last Resort," "The O. Henry Playhouse," "State Trooper," "Sugarfoot," "Playhouse 90," "The Donna Reed Show," "Zorro," "Peter Gunn," "The Rebel," "One Step Beyond," "Whirlybirds," "Wagon Train," "Perry Mason," "Hotel de Paree," "Bonanza," "This Man Dawson," "Gunsmoke," "The Aquanauts," "Adventures in Paradise," "Alcoa Premier," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "The Smith Family," and "Emergency!". During her career, she was an honorary member of Actors Equity, was a naturalized United States Citizen, was the 1950 Miss Ireland, had been an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, served as a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, had been a chairwoman for her local divisions of the American Red Cross and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, and she was married to stockbroker Robert Champion from 1960 to 1972 and dentist Paul Fisher from 1974 to 1975 (both unions ended in divorce and from her first marriage she mothered two children). After retiring from acting in 1973, she would spent the final years of her life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, became an accomplished sculptor, was a generous benefactor for several missions, schools, and libraries, and enjoyed a newfound career as a literary agent for McFarland & Company, until her death from the complications of cancer.