"B" leading lady in westerns and bit player in others during the late 30s and 40s, she was a Los Angeles department store model before landing in films as a fashion model in the movie Roberta (1935).
Has a daughter Carroll Byrd Evangeline.
Her first western co-star role was in the Jack La Rue film A Tenderfoot Goes West (1936), which also featured first husband Ralph Byrd.
Sister of L.A. newscaster Frank Carroll.