Grew up in a neighborhood adjacent to a railroad yard and a red light district. Her father was a railroad engineer, her mother made clothes for the local ladies of the evening.
Interviewed in "Talking to the Piano Player: Silent Film Stars, Writers and Directors Remember" by Stuart Oderman (BearManor Media).
She bore Roscoe two sons.
Though she appeared mostly in uncredited bit roles, her career spanned a remarkable seven decades.
When her husband Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle was on trial for the murder of Virginia Rappe , she appeared on his behalf and was pelted with rocks by the crowd gathered outside the courthouse. Though they had been separated since 1917 she defended Roscoe to the end of her life.