She was best known for her work for "The Hollywood Reporter" (the New York-based "Broadway Ballyhoo" column) from the 1940s until 1989, when she was forced to retire, and had her own celebrity radio interview shows on the Mutual Broadcasting System and CBS networks. She also was one of the founders of New York's Stage Door Canteen and a member of the American Theatre Wing. She contributed to "Photoplay" and other movie magazines and for a brief interlude during the World War II years she wrote for "Variety".