She began acting at age 3 and became a massive box-office draw before turning 10.
In 1934, she gained recognition in her first major feature film, "Stand Up and Cheer!".
She was merely 22 years old when she retired from filmmaking. After huge success in her teenage years, she decided to choose a different career path.
She served in the U.S. delegation to the United Nations from 1969 to 1974 was U.S. ambassador to Ghana from 1974 to 1976, and U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia from 1989 to 1992.