 Her first film role came in "The Man Who Wouldn't Talk" (1940) in an uncredited role.In the 1940s she was in supporting roles mostly as a maid, a busybody, landladies, or middle-aged secretaries.Some of her other film roles include parts in "Citizen Kane" (1941), "Blossoms in the Dust" (1941), "Woman of the Year" (1942), "Reunion in France" (1942), "The Strange Woman" (1947), "I Remember Mama" (1948), "Rope" (1948), "The Damned Don't Cry" (1950), "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) and Disney's "Toby Tyler" (1960).