The Seventh Cross
In 1940, she moved to the United States, where she signed a contract with RKO Pictures, who promoted her as "the next Garbo". With few RKO roles forthcoming, she turned to the stage to make a living. According to the Internet Broadway Database, she appeared in five Broadway productions, beginning with "Golden Wings" (1941). In the mid-1940s, she signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Her first role of note was in "Heaven Can Wait" (1943). During the 1940s, she appeared in "The Seventh Cross" (1944), "Johnny Angel" (1945), "The House on 92nd Street" (1945), "A Scandal in Paris" (1946), and "A Double Life" (1947). Her favorite role was as the ex-wife of an actor driven mad, played by Ronald Colman, in "A Double Life". By the 1950s, her Hollywood career had stalled.