Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the headstrong Meg Anderson in "Sierra Stranger" (1957). Born into a prominent political family, the daughter of U.S. Representative Dan McGehee, she began her career as a leading lady on the stage in stock companies. While attending a dinner party at the prestigious Russian Tea Room, she was introduced to director Fielder Cook. Impressed by her dark good looks, slim physique, and articulate voice, he took notice of her potential and arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing in a major role per his supervision on an episode of "Lux Video Theatre." From there, she would go on to enjoy a successful career as a notable character actress appearing in over 15 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, love interests, retail clerks, educators, nurses, businesswomen, eccentrics, heroines, femme fatales, gossips, busybodies, glamour dolls, neighbors, secretaries, reporters, columnists, aristocrats, and playgirls. She appeared in such feature films as "The Boss" (1956) and "A Child is Waiting" (1963). On television, she appeared in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Man Against Crime," "Broadway Television Theatre," "Martin Kane," "Inner Sanctum," "Medic," "The Loretta Young Show," "Judge Roy Bean," "Private Secretary," "Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal," "Perry Mason," and "Gunsmoke." During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been an honorary member of Actors Equity, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, had been a regular parishioner of the Episcopal church, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Girl Scouts, had been a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, was the celebrity spokeswoman for Chanel, was accoladed as one of the 1958 Deb Stars, and she was married to Capital Film Laboratories president Alfred E. Bruch Jr. from 1941 to 1945 (their union produced no children). Upon her withdrawal from acting in 1964, she relocated back to her native Mississippi and went on to serve as the executive director for the Bank of Franklin, until her death.