American actress. She danced and sang from childhood in vaudeville with parents who were billed as "the Dancing Zerbies. On-screen from 1953 as an extra in "Bye Bye Birdie," she made her mark in the TV series "Mr. Novak" and "Run For Your Life." Films include "True Grit," 1969, and "the Grissom Gang," 1971. She usually plays plain, heroic and spunky leads. Link to Wikipedia biography