Raised on a farm in Ohio

Won the Miss Ohio State popularity contest and received a trip to Hollywood

Feature acting debut, "Captain From Castile", opposite Tyrone Power

Received top billing in "Anne of the Indies"

Cast opposite Marlon Brando in Elia Kazan's "Viva Zapata!"

Co-starred in Samuel Fuller's "Pickup on South Street"

Won critical acclaim for her performance in "A Man Called Peter", in what was to be her final film

Secretly married Howard Hughes

Revealed divorce from Hughes

Returned to acting in the public television production of Sherwood Anderson's "Winesburg, Ohio"

Made rare network TV appearance in the NBC miniseries "Arthur Hailey's 'The Moneychangers'"

Acted in the CBS TV-movie "Peter and Paul", produced by her husband Stan Hough

Made guest appearance on "Murder, She Wrote" (CBS)