- Sultry, husky-voiced American leading lady of the 1950s, often in hard-boiled roles. She started as a fashion model at the age of nine. By the age of sixteen, she worked as a chorus girl at Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe. She also starred in a couple of films made by low-budget director Hugo Haas, who later found a replacement for her in Cleo Moore. Her somewhat unconventional features may have limited her audience appeal.
- Mother of Oscar-winning editor Christopher Rouse.
- Widow of Oscar-winning screenwriter Russell Rouse.
- Despite the contrary belief that upon her death she was buried at Greenwood Memory Lane Cemetery in Phoenix, AZ, she actually was cremated with her ashes given unto the custody of her surviving son, Christopher Rouse.
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