Billie Seward on AllMovie

Discovered by vaudeville comic Ed Wynn, brunette Billie Seward later sang with Ben Bernie's orchestra and appeared in the final edition of the Ziegfeld Follies. She was awarded a contract with Columbia Pictures in 1934 and performed the usual starlet duties: leading in B-Westerns and playing minor roles in more mainstream fare. Seward's contract was terminated in 1935 and an old friend, Tim McCoy, hired her for one of his low-budget Puritan Westerns. Today, she is perhaps best remembered for playing a mystery lady in Charlie Chan at Treasure island (1939) and as Cousin Delight in Li'l Abner (1940). Her career ended in 1944.