 Wall became attracted to show business at an early age, and while still in her teens, she began pursuing a career as an actress, with roles on Broadway where she made her stage debut at 15 in "The Love Nest" at the Comedy Theatre.After success in other minor roles, including romantic comedies, "Little Accident" (1928), "Blind Mice" (1930), "Child of Manhattan" (1932) and "Domino" (1932).She was also in the cast of the drama, "Heat Lightning" (1933) and the musical "Merrily We Roll Along" (1934).