Trivia

She helped Ronald Reagan start an acting career. She met Mr. Reagan in Des Moines, where he was an announcer and sportscaster and she sang on the radio station WHO. When Mr. Reagan was assigned to cover the Chicago Cubs' spring training on Catalina Island in 1937, he stopped in Hollywood to visit Miss Hodges and asked her advice about getting into acting. She arranged an interview for him with her agent's boss, who negotiated a Warner Brothers contract for him.

Appeared in many Broadway productions including, "I'd Rather Be Right", "Have You Met Miss Jones" and "Best Foot Forward". Other work included singing with big bands, some led by Ozzie Nelson as well as Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.

She is buried at Masonic Cemetery in Des Moines, Iowa.