The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Bufkin, Brand was from Baldwin Park, California. She graduated from Covina High School and attended Mt. San Antonio College. She won an American Legion beauty contest in 1951 and was queen of the Los Angeles County Fair in 1953.
Early in her career, Brand performed in Las Vegas, and in 1955 she sang and danced at Ciro's night club in California. Also in 1955 she was named a WAMPAS Baby Star.
In 1958, she acted in the B-film Giant from the Unknown, about a man who was frozen in suspended animation for 500 years and was freed by a lightning bolt and goes on a killing spree. Later that year she was signed up to play a part in the Disney television show Zorro. She played the romantic interest for the main character played by Guy Williams. She was a model on the television series Queen for a Day as well.

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