Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the wholesome Anna Liszt in "Song Without End" (1960). After attaining her degree in communications from Ohio Wesleyan University, she began her career performing in stock within the Cleveland Playhouse. After settling in New York City, New York, she began her professional career appearing as a leading lady on Broadway starring in such productions as "The Black Tower," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Three Men on a Horse," "Hipper's Holiday," "Many Mansions," "Liberty Jones," "Chicken Every Sunday," and "Six Characters in Search of an Author." After 30 years of stage work, she made her film debut in "The Story on Page One" (1959) per the connections of her longtime friend director Clifton Odets and from there she would on to enjoy equal success as a character actress in film and television; often typecast as wives, mothers, old maids, grandmothers, nannies, wealthy widows, nurses, secretaries, landladies, neighbors, clergywomen, educators, housekeepers, snobs, historical figures, salesladies, patients, retail clerks, eccentrics, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "Studs Lonigan" (1960), "The Days of Wine and Roses" (1962), "Ride in the Whirlwind" (1965), "Two-Lane Blacktop" (1971), "Blade" (1973), and "When Harry Met Sally..." (1989). During the advent of television, she flourished as a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse," "Robert Montgomery Presents," "CBS Television Workshop," "Mister Peepers," "The United States Steel Hour," "Playhouse 90," "The Veil," "Shirley Temple Theatre," "Peter Gunn," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "Johnny Midnight," "Perry Mason," "The Barbara Stanwyck Show," "Peter Loves Mary," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "The Tom Ewell Show," "Armstrong Circle Theatre," "The Loretta Young Show," "Alcoa Premier," "Dr. Kildare," "Checkmate," "Bus Stop," "Thriller," "The Virginian," "Profiles in Courage," "Peyton Place," "Adam-12," "The Twilight Zone," "Apple's Way," and "Search for Tomorrow." During her career, she was an honorary member of Actors Equity, was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a regular parishioner of the Methodist church, was supportive of the California State Democratic Committee, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, was a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, and she was married to fellow actor George Mitchell from 1940 until his death in 1972 (her union with him consisted of three stepdaughters). After retiring from acting in 1989, she spent the final years of her life painting in oils, was a generous benefactor for several libraries and schools, and was devoted to family and religious causes, until her death from the complications of advanced age.