Anecdotes

Her first part for RKO was performing a sneeze for Zasu Pitts.

Her first lead role came in Air Raid Wardens (1943) starring Laurel and Hardy.

White and actress Lynn Merrick were childhood friends until White moved. They were reunited when both were in the cast of Three Hearts for Julia (1943).

White's film debut resulted from her work in a drama class at UCLA.

Jacqueline White usually played either featured actresses in B movies or supporting parts in A-movies. White was under contract to both Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where she was cast mostly in uncredited small roles.

White, at the age of 17, signed on a film contract at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and subsequently with RKO, where she found her greatest success and is perhaps best remembered for her roles in films Crossfire (1947), Banjo (1947) , Mystery in Mexico (1948) and The Narrow Margin (1952).

White occasionally appeared at film conventions. In 2013, she made an appearance at the annual TCM Classic Film Festival.

She left the film industry in 1952 and relocated to Wyoming with her husband, who started an oil business.

She attended Beverly Hills High School and the University of California, Los Angeles.