Early Life
She grew up in Glendale, California. Her sister, Lori Talbott, also became an actress.
Talbott began her career as a child actor in such films as Maytime (1937) Sweet and Lowdown (1943) and A Tree Grows In Brooklyn (1945).
After leaving school, Talbott formed a dramatic group and played "arena"-style shows at various clubs. She stopped acting following her first marriage, and resumed after her divorce, having worked extensively in film and television. She worked on a regular basis during the 1950s, having appeared in Crashout (1955), the Humphrey Bogart comedy We're No Angels (1955), Lucy Gallant (1955), and All That Heaven Allows (1955). In that same year, Talbott appeared in TV Reader's Digest episode America's First Great Lady as Pocahontas.
She later became known as a 'scream queen' after appearing in a number of horror films including The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957), The Cyclops (1957), and I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958).
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