 She began modeling for cheesecake magazines in the late 1940s, and eventually was considered a minor rival to Marilyn Monroe.On Broadway, she appeared in the 1952 revival of "Pal Joey" (she also appeared in the 1957 film version) and in "Let It Ride" (1961).In the mid-1950s, she moved to Hollywood and began appearing in showy supporting roles in A-films starring such actors as Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, Sophia Loren, and Doris Day in such films as "Miracle in the Rain" (1956), "The King and Four Queens" (1956), "The Naked and the Dead" (1958), "The Pajama Game" (1957), "Sweet Smell of Success" (1957), "That Kind of Woman" (1958), and "Where the Boys Are" (1960).