She appeared in theatrical productions at Greenville High and in Greenville's Little Theatre, playing Laura Wingfield in the staging of "The Glass Menagerie". (She returned to Greenville in the '60's to play the lead in the Little Theater production of "Camelot", and in 1976 to play Amanda Wingfield in another Little Theatre production of "The Glass Menagerie". She also returned in 1955 for the première of "Count Three And Pray", her debut movie, at the Paris Theatre on North Main Street.)