The book "The 12 O'Clock High Logbook" quotes Earl Holliman -- who
guest starred with her in the episode "The Ticket" -- as stating that
he heard years later that she left acting because she found it too
emotionally taxing.
"Elenka" was her grandmother's name. Her father and aunt were adopted from an orphanage in Bulgaria, and raised by the Willard family of New Haven, Connecticut.
Daughter of Professor Rudolph Willard (1892-1979) and Nedaleine Rose Shurter (1899-1980).
Best remembered for her portrayal of Ione Sykes in the The Twilight Zone episode "The Grave", co-starring Lee Marvin, Lee Van Cleef, Strother Martin and James Best.