citing her faith in God and in herself, she resisted her doctors' prognosis that she might never walk again. After 10 weeks, she began wearing a steel brace and had some movement. She was able to resume playing Gillian Gray on This Is Nora Drake on radio. Her brace was removed on February 15, 1959, and her doctors at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in Manhattan described her recovery as a "medical miracle". Personal life In 1949, Manson married singer Dick Brown in New York. In her spare time she visited New York radio stations promoting his records. References 20th-century American actresses American child actresses American radio actresses American soap opera actresses American stage actresses Actresses from New York City New York University alumni Possibly living people 1920s births Year of birth uncertain