Biography

Stepmother of Katey Sagal, Joey Sagal, Jean Sagal and Liz Sagal.

Was filmed for the reference of Disney animators (her then-husband Art Babbitt was an animator, and supervised much of the reference filming) as a model for the heroine in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio (1940), and Hyacinth Hippo in the "Dance of the Hours" segment of Fantasia (1940) (along with Ruby Dandridge), which she also helped choreograph, in an elaborate parody of a George Balanchine ballet danced by Vera Zorina in The Goldwyn Follies (1938). She recalled doing some modeling for Mr. Stork in Dumbo (1941) .

The "Snow White" sequence was later reworked into a sequence of Maid Marian dancing in Robin Hood (1973).

Her remains were cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.

Mother, with Gower Champion, of Gregg Champion and son Blake Champion.

Her father, Ernest, was a Hollywood dance director who taught Shirley Temple, Betty Grable, Ramon Novarro, Cyd Charisse, Fay Wray and Joan Crawford, as well as Champion's future husband Gower Champion.