Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the vivacious Peggy Walsh in "The Gunfighter" (1950). Born Myrthas Hickman, she was raised within a prestigious theatrical family, the only child of screen actor Gordon Westcott and opera singer Hazel McArthur. While attending the Professional Children's School, per the connections of her father's influence within the studio system, she made her formal film debut in a supporting role in "Thunder Over Texas" (1934) and from there she would go on to flourish as a notable character actress in over 75 features; often typecast as schoolgirls, faithful friends, white-collared workers, retail clerks, secretaries, love interests, nurses, neighbors, educators, businesswomen, femme fatales, wives, mothers, old maids, historical figures, eccentrics, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "The Affairs of Susan" (1935), "Without Orders" (1936), "Maid of Salem" (1937), "Henry Aldridge for President" (1941), "Adventures of Don Juan" (1948), "Flaxy Martin" (1949), "Backfire" (1950), "Take Care of My Little Girl" (1951), "With a Song in My Heart" (1952), "Gun Belt" (1953), "Hot Blood" (1956), "God's Little Acre" (1958), "Day of the Outlaw" (1959), "Studs Lonigan" (1960), and "Pieces of Dreams" (1970). During the advent of television, she became an even more familiar face appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson," "The Millionaire," "Waterfront," "Matinee Theatre," "Chevron Hall of Stars," "Lux Video Theatre," "The 20th-Century Fox Hour," "Cavalcade of America," "The Web," "Casey Jones," "The Walter Winchell File," "Mike Hammer," "Perry Mason," "Jefferson Drum," "Schlitz Playhouse," "M Squad," "Markham," "Captain David Grief," "Wanted: Dead or Alive," "Bonanza," "Pony Express," "Ben Casey," "The Twilight Zone," "Arrest and Trial," "Mannix," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," "Switch," and "Medical Center". During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, had been supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been an active parishioner of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, was an active member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, had been cited by columnist Louella Parsons as being "Hollywood's Most Gifted Actress", was accoladed as the 1959 Deb Star, had been a founder of the Stage Society, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, was a theatrical instructor for the UCLA, and she was married to fellow character actor Don Gordon from 1948 to 1953 (their union dissolved in divorce and produced one daughter). Upon her 1977 retirement, she spent the final years of her life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, as well as being a generous benefactor for several libraries and public schools, until her death from the complications of cancer.