Following her self-imposed retirement from films in the late 30s, she
signed, to the surprise of many, with Paramount Pictures in the
mid-1940s but no work ever derived from it.
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 26, a son Robert Stewart Howard on December 7, 1940. Child's father was her husband, Robert S. Howard.
Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 27, a daughter Leann May Howard on March 7, 1942. Child's father was her husband, Robert S. Howard.