Trivia

She was underage when she got her first contract and first had to obtain court approval, stipulating initial salaries of $75 a week.

Friend of Jean Porter and Virginia Weidler while all three worked at MGM.

Born to Ernest McCully and Hazel Rooney, both professional vaudeville dancers.

On stage from the age of five. At sixteen, she was singing with Muzzy Marcellino's band at the Glendale, California, Civic Auditorium.