She graduated from Covina High School in Covina, California, and she attended Los Angeles City College.\n', 'Prior to becoming a film actress, McCarty was a secretary for actress Dorothy Lamour. Lamour helped her to obtain a bit part in the film Chad Hanna (1940).\n', 'In January 1941, McCarty began working for Columbia Pictures, but in August of that year, the studio declined to take up the option on her contract. From 1941 through 1946 she was a Hollywood B movie actress and performed bit parts in 23 films.\n', '

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