She appeared in over 50 film and television productions between 1939 and 1965, including Gone With the Wind, in which she played Maybelle Merriweather.
She was raised in Birmingham, Alabama and attended Howard College.
She was often erroneously confused with a stage Actress and silent film Actress who shared her name.
She was married to Cinematographer Leon Shamroy until his death in 1974.
She appeared in the classic 1939 film Gone With the Wind alongside the wildly popular Clark Gable.
