Complex sentence: She was educated at Havergal College in Canada and was in London visiting relatives when the stock market crashed in 1929; needing to make money for the first time in her life, she became a dancer and stage actress and found that film paid even better.
Split into simpler sentences: She was educated at Havergal College in Canada and was in London visiting relatives when the stock market crashed in 1929. Needing to make money for the first time in her life, Drake became a dancer and stage actress and found that film paid even better.