Corresponding Secretary for the Catholic Motion Picture Guild of America. The two other corresponding secretaries for the organization were, at the time, Ina Mae Merrill and Leo McCarey (per the 1931 Motion Picture Almanac).
Allegedly took her screen surname from her grandfather, Dan Collyer, who had a 54-year career as a stage actor.
Has a crypt at Chapel of the Pines in Los Angeles by her husband, Stuart Erwin.