After working in England in 1932, she returned to Hollywood the following year and was put under contract to MGM. Because she rejected Louis B. Mayer's advances, she was loaned out for "B" pictures and her film career declined.
Her great-grandnephew is actor Field Cate.
Married and divorced three times, her first two husbands were director/actor George Webb and singer/actor Will Morgan.
Musician Bob Ralston is her nephew (son of her brother Bradford Ralston).
She had 2 daughters and 1 son from her marriages.
She lost her film fortune and worked in department stores, a talent agency and a utility company to support herself.
Sister of Howard Ralston.