gillette started her career in 1925, acting mainly in musical comedy, debuting in the broadway musical gay paree. during the 1930s she appeared in films like "stage mother", "frontier marshal (1939 film)", "david harum", "three on a honeymoon", "wild gold", "convention girl", "off to the races", "this is my affair", "saratoga" and during the 1940s and 1950s she also appeared in films like "the postman didn't ring", "coney island", "nob hill" and "in a lonely place".