Younger sister of actress Ivy Livingston.
Mistress of 托马斯·恩斯 and on the fateful trip aboard the Hearst yacht when Ince was shot / "taken ill with indigestion" two days before he died. A long-standing rumor whispered about Hollywood, the story was the basis of the play and movie 哈利斯特游艇谋杀案 (2001).
Brunette leading lady of Scottish and Swedish ancestry. From the age of 16 she played leading roles in the silents, usually as vamps or the "other woman". Her voice presented no problem when talking pictures came into vogue' in fact, she dubbed 露易丝·布鲁克斯 in the mystery 金丝雀谋杀案 (1929). She retired from films in the mid-'30s to concentrate on her marriage to bandleader 保罗·惠特曼 and co-authoring a book about her overweight husband, entitled "Whiteman's Burden".
She met 查理·卓别林's leading lady 艾德娜·珀薇安丝 in a shop where she noticed the actress buying a bottle of perfume for $18, a sum Livingstone considered an exorbitant amount of money, a week's pay for the young woman. Livingstone had no idea acting could pay that much and became determined to enter the movie business.
She grew increasingly senile in her 80s and had to be institutionalized.
She dubbed 露易丝·布鲁克斯' voice in 金丝雀谋杀案 (1929) when the legendary star refused to return from New York for retakes. Livingstone also appeared in some scenes because with her short, bobbed hair she looked remarkably like the 潘多拉的魔盒 (1929) star.
Usually typecast as haughty socialites, vamps and villainesses.