Child actress. She appeared with Shirley Temple in the film The Blue Bird (1940) in the role of a little girl. Her name was later cut from the credits for no apparent reason. On October 31, 1939 she suffered first and second-degree burns received when her Halloween costume caught fire from a lantern in front of her home. She was treated at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital and died from her injuries on November 3, 1939. At her funeral at Forest Lawn a few days later, her five brothers served as pallbearers while a quartet sang her favorite song, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Her burial shroud was her toga from the role she played in the film The Blue Bird.
Child actress. She appeared with Shirley Temple in the film The Blue Bird (1940) in the role of a little girl. Her name was later cut from the credits for no apparent reason. On October 31, 1939 she suffered first and second-degree burns received when her Halloween costume caught fire from a lantern in front of her home. She was treated at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital and died from her injuries on November 3, 1939. At her funeral at Forest Lawn a few days later, her five brothers served as pallbearers while a quartet sang her favorite song, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Her burial shroud was her toga from the role she played in the film The Blue Bird.
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"Little Sissy"
