 RKO, however, gave O'Driscoll her first two starring roles, as romantic interest to the cowboy Tim Holt in "Wagon Train" (1940) and notably as Daisy Mae in the first screen version of Al Capp's popular comic strip "Li'l Abner" (1940), which also featured Buster Keaton.Paramount became interested in the actress and acquired her contract, casting her first as a maid in Preston Sturges's classic comedy, "The Lady Eve" (1941).Later, she appeared in Cecil B DeMille's "Reap the Wild Wind" (1942).