Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the good-natured Julie Webster in "Western Mail" (1942). Born Opal Jones, she was raised in a working-class family. After appearing in quite a few high school plays at Denver High School, following her graduation, she moved to New York City, New York, and began her career as a fashion model for the prestigious John Powers Agency where she was frequently used as an artist's model for such magazines as The New Yorker, Coronet, Women's Home Companion, Cosmopolitan, Look, and Harper's Bazaar. Following the outbreak of World War II, she ventured out to California to attend a Bond Rally at the prestigious Ciros Nightclub where she happened to be discovered by the acclaimed director Alfred Hitchcock. Impressed by her blonde good looks, slim appearance, and charm, he arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her being under his supervision in the thriller "Saboteur" (1942). From there, she went on to enjoy a successful career in the film industry often portraying working class girls, chorines, maids, waitresses, secretaries, torch singers, gold diggers, nurses, exotics, cowgirls, reporters, photographers, and love interests. She appeared in such motion pictures as "Sin Town" (1942), "Arabian Nights" (1942), "Fired Wife" (1943), "The Great Alaskan Mystery" (1944), "Babes on Swing Street" (1944), "The Singing Sheriff" (1944), "See My Lawyer" (1945), "Salome, Where She Danced" (1945), "Lady on a Train" (1945), "The Love of Ours" (1945), "Frontier Gal" (1945), "Night in Paradise" (1946), and "Because of Him" (1946). In addition, she made numerous appearances on such syndicated radio programs as "Lux Radio Theatre," "Meet Corliss Archer," "Inner Sanctum," "Suspense," "The Hallmark Playhouse, "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar," "Fibber McGee and Molly," "My Favorite Wife," and "Our Miss Brooks". She also toured in summer stock appearing in such stage plays as "All This and Heaven Too," "Dinner at Eight," "The Philadelphia Story," and "My Sister Eileen". During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, had been an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was a prominent cheesecake models among G.I.s, was recognized as the 1943 Deb Star, had been a celebrity spokeswoman for the American Red Cross, was a brief girlfriend of singer Frank Sinatra, and she was married to fellow actor Ray Montgomery from 1942 until his death in 1998 (their union produced eight children). In 1965, she withdrew from acting and went on to work as an executive for Ad-Staff, Inc., where she spent the next 30 years of her life collaborating with major retailers and brand names composing slogans, jingles, and layouts for commercial broadcasting until her retirement.