According to Laura Wagner, in her article about Randy in Films of the Golden Age, Winter 2013/2014 issue, she was born Elizabeth Shaubell but began going by the nickname of "Randy" while a teenager.
They [parents] did everything there was to do in show business, and the days were pitifully unprofitable then. My first recollections were of leaning against an upright piano played by my mother in the old-time silent movie theaters. Once we had a tent show, and the tent was washed away in a flood. My own debut at three was a failure, and embarrassed my mother.
