Performed professionally under the stage name "Mae Blondell" (not to be confused with 1950s burlesque dancer Mae Blondell).
Professional dancer in the 1940s, specializing in acrobatic "tricks".
Met her future husband while touring with the U.S.O.
Performed as a professional dancer at New York City nightclubs and Radio City Music Hall. In the mid-1940s she performed for servicemen overseas with the U.S.O.
Her sister Helen was also a dancer, and Mae and Helen would perform as a sister act during their teenage years.