Actress. She is best remembered for her recurring portrayal of the wholesome waitress Lori in the television series "Peyton Place." Born unto a family of wealth and position, following her graduation from The Andrews School for Girls in Willoughby, Ohio, she originally had her sights on pursing a nursing career until some of her colleagues encouraged her to try her hand at acting due in part to her good looks and her effective reading during seminars. With the help of her cousin, the prominent theatrical producer John Kenley, she made her stage debut at The Erie Playhouse performing the lead role in "The Seven Year Itch". Afterwards, she relocated to New York City, New York, and she continued to flourish as a character actress appearing in stage productions of "The Wall," "Once There Was a Russian," "The Gang's All Here," "The Glass Menagerie," "Blithe Spirit," "Dinner at Eight," and "Our Town." After meeting film director William Asher during a dinner party at The Russian Tea Room, he was so impressed by her wit and professionalism, he arranged for her to relocate from New York to California and begin a secondary career in the film industry beginning with her being under his direction in "Beach Party" (1963). Often typecast as love interests, debutantes, villains, doctors, attractive neighbors, secretaries, wives, and girlfriends, she had a successful career in film and television. She appeared in such films as "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), "Bikini Beach" (1964), "Pajama Party" (1964), "Beach Blanket Bingo" (1965), "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini" (1965), "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" (1965), "The Gold in the Invisible Bikini" (1970), and "The Wild Scene" (1970). On television, she became a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Thriller," "The New Breed," "Death Valley Days," "The Eleventh Hour," "The Red Skelton Hour," "Dr. Kildare," "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "Love, American Style," and "Mayberry R.F.D." During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic Church, was supportive of the Democratic Party, and was a chairwoman for her local charter of The American Red Cross and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. In 1986, she retired from acting.