Grandly danced with Yul Brynner in The King and I (1956).
She originally trained as a ballet dancer.
She had a prominent role in several films, including An Affair to Remember, From Here to Eternity, and The Innocents.
Married to Anthony Bartley from 1945 to 1959; the couple had two daughters.
She won an Oscar for her role in the movie From Here to Eternity with Burt Lancaster.