Complex sentence: In June of 1920, Louise Beavers graduated from Pasadena High School and "worked as a dressing room attendant for a photographer and served as a personal maid to white film star Leatrice Joy" (Regester 73).
Split into simpler sentences: In June of 1920, Louise Beavers graduated from Pasadena High School and started to work. She, "worked as a dressing room attendant for a photographer and served as a personal maid to white film star Leatrice Joy" (Regester 73).