Double Indemnity actress who cultivated a tough-girl image.
She took a job wrapping packages at a department store in Brooklyn.
She made eighty-five films in Hollywood, and was voted as one of the best female actresses, and eventually turned to TV.
She ,arried and divorced twice, and adopted a child in 1932 with her first husband Frank Fay.
She was in The Lady Eve with Henry Fonda.
