She played Maggie the Cat in the original Broadway production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Elizabeth Taylor garnered the role in the Hollywood film version - Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)).
She played the lead in Mary, Mary on Broadway. Debbie Reynolds garnered the role in the Hollywood film version - Mary, Mary (1963).
She played the showgirl in The Sleeping Prince on Broadway. Marilyn Monroe garnered the role in the Hollywood film version - The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).
She was good friends with Jim Davis, Ellen Corby, Charles McGraw, Steve Forrest, Richard Basehart, Frank Faylen and Paul Douglas.
Spent her retirement years in Northeast Harbor, Maine up until her death.
Stepdaughter of famous theatrical costumer designer Edith Lutyens-Bel Geddes
Was the first and only choice to audition for the role of Miss Ellie Ewing on "Dallas" (1978).
Was twice nominated for Broadway's best dramatic actress Tony Award: in 1956 for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and in 1961 for Mary, Mary.