- Born in Brooklyn, one of six children, to Irish immigrant parents Timothy Connolly, is a jockey and horse trainer, and Violet Caroline Thornton, a housewife.
- Twice married to producer Harry Lee Danziger (eighteen years her senor): from 1950- to 1952 and from 1981 until his death in 2005.
- In the early 60s, she was touted as "the girl who looks like Liz Taylor". However, her screen career was desultory.
- Lived in Ireland (where she was schooled) from 1932, but returned to the U.S. in 1946 and worked in New York as a telephone operator. Subsequently worked as a model for the Hartford Agency.
- Published an autobiography entitled Angel Face - A Memoir in 1999.
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