ɪn ɐ kɚɹˈɪɹ spˈænɪŋ ˌoʊvɚ wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈɪlmz, ʃiː wˈɜːkt fɔːɹ dᵻɹˈɛktɚ dʒˈɑːn fˈoːɹd ˌɔn sˈʌtʃ fˈɪlmz æz ðə pɹˈɪzənɚɹ ʌv ʃˈɑːɹk ˈaɪlənd nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi sˈɪks, dɹˈʌmz ɐlˈɔŋ ðə mˈoʊhɔːk nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi nˈaɪn, ðə ɡɹˈeɪps ʌv ɹˈæθ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi ænd hˌaʊ ɡɹˈiːn wʌz maɪ vˈæli nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi wˈʌn, ænd pɹəvˈaɪdᵻd ðə kˈɔstuːmz fɔːɹ sˈʌtʃ ʃˈɜːli tˈɛmpəl fˈɪlmz æz lˈɪɾəl mˈɪs bɹˈɔːdweɪ ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd θˈɜːɾi z.
In a career spanning over 140 films, she worked for director John Ford on such films as The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and How Green Was My Valley (1941), and provided the costumes for such Shirley Temple films as Little Miss Broadway in the 1930s.