Abandoned her film career after her marriage to car dealer Jack Ross in the late 50s. They settled in Mesa, Arizona where she appeared quite frequently in her husband's local dealership commercials on TV. They divorced in the 80s.
Although Universal Pictures tried to present her as an exotic Hispanic, naming her "The Venezuelan Volcano", she was actually born near Cheyenne, Wyoming. Her mother was an Arapaho Indian and her father was white.
Appeared in an impressive three-page spread in the 24 August 1942 issue of Life magazine.
Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book, "Science Fiction Stars and Horror Heroes" (McFarland & Co., 1991).