According to census records, she was 10 years old in 1940 and living in a house on Western Avenue in Los Angeles, along with her parents, Loranzo and Margaret, and two lodgers, a mother and daughter who were both named Dorothy Wideman.
Child actress. The Children's Casting Directory for March-April-May, 1941, lists her as eleven years old.
Her entry (page 48) in the the Children's Casting Directory for May, June and July, 1940, includes the phrase "HAS OWN PONY AVAILABLE" at the top of her list of credits.