- Was a baton-twirling majorette for her high school band and active in the 4-H club, where she won several blue ribbons for cooking in both county and state fairs.
- Resided in the small mining town in Aurora, MN, with parents Frank and Sophie Yerich and appeared in her school plays as a teenager.
- At 19 she won the Miss Eveleth beauty pageant and became a runner-up for the Miss Minnesota beauty pageant. She later entered the Miss San Francisco beauty pageant and became a runner-up, but ended up taking over the title after the winner became too sick to participate.
- Vincent Sherman's companion for the last nine years of his life.
- While studying journalism and drama at Aurora (MN) High School, she worked as the feature editor of her school's newspaper, and won most of the school's declamation contests with her dramatic readings.
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