She was part of the original suggested cast for M-G-M's classic film
The Wizard of Oz (1939). She was supposed to have played the Princess of Oz, who sang
opera, and would have been contrasted with
Judy Garland's Dorothy, who was
originally supposed to have sung jazz. Both the idea of Dorothy singing
jazz and the Princess of Oz were completely dropped from later versions
of the script, as well as the finished film.