Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the headstrong Mae Hogan in "Jubal" (1956). Born into a family of wealth and position, after completing her formal education at the Malvern Girls' College, she began her career as a leading lady in stock companies within the Theatre Royal Repertory Company. While performing in a production of "Blithe Spirit", she was discovered by director Augusto Genia who was seated in the audience that evening. Impressed by her dark good looks, hour glass figure, and articulate voice, he took notice of her potential and arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing under his supervision per a leading role in "Maddalena" (1954). From there, she would go on to flourish as a notable character actress between two continents appearing in over 35 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, old maids, love interests, nurses, femme fatales, secretaries, manicurists, white-collared workers, sidekicks, eccentrics, curmudgeons, neighbors, landladies, faithful friends, gangster molls, chorines, gold diggers, doctors, columnists, reporters, detectives, playgirls, women with a past, aristocrats, busybodies, torch singers, exotics, foreigners, nobility, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "The Constant Husband" (1955), "Secret of Treasure Mountain" (1956), "The Garment Jungle" (1957), "The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake" (1959), and "Shalako" (1968). On television, she appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Rheingold Theater," "The George Sanders Mystery Theater," "Schlitz Playhouse," "The Third Man," "Goodyear Theater," "The Alaskans," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "The Best of the Post," "Love Story," "The Prisoner," "Champion Horse," "Armchair Theater," "The Adam Chronicles," "All My Children," and "One for the Boys." During her career, she was a naturalized United States citizen, had been a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was an honorary member of Actors Equity, had been a regular parishioner of the Episcopal church, was supportive of the New York State Democratic Committee, had been a theatrical instructor for the Neighborhood Playhouse, was a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, sat on the board of directors for the women's fashion division of The Bon Ton, had been recognized as one of the 1961 Deb Stars, presided on her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Humane Society, had been a popular centerfold for Dude Magazine, was a former Miss Galaxy, and she was married to fellow character actors Michael Pertwee from 1952 to 1959 and Thayer David from 1970 to 1975 (both unions ended in divorce and produced no children). Upon her 1982 retirement, she spent the remainder of her life being a generous contributor for several public schools and colleges, as well as being a regular attendee at autograph conventions until her death.