- One-time band vocalist vocalist with Johnny Long and later Ray Anthony & His Orchestra. Later had a successful career as a nightclub and cabaret singer.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1989 Tony Award as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "Legs Diamond."
- Mother of actor Holt McCallany.
- She was a lifelong Democrat.
- Her mother was a hairdresser, her father a coal salesman.
- Studied music and drama at Omaha University but dropped out after successfully auditioning for Earl Carroll's Vanities.
- Upon her death, she was cremated and her ashes returned to her family.
- Graduated from Omaha Benson High School of Omaha Nebraska in 1942.
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