Career
During the 1950s she was one of the many "B"-level blondes to be promoted as a Marilyn Monroe type. She worked a number of jobs prior to breaking into the entertainment industry. She sold jewelry in a Los Angeles department store and was a part-time fashion model at the age of seventeen.
She was also a pianist and singer for a time in a cocktail lounge.
Illness Language suffered an attack of poliomyelitis in late 1953. She spent three weeks in the polio ward of Los Angeles General Hospital.
Another eight months were required to convalesce. Language was told that she might never walk again.
She turned to the Bible during this time and reportedly credited faith for performing a miracle.
Shortly after being stricken, her legs and facial muscles were paralyzed, and she had difficulty speaking. The lingering effect she experienced most was tiring easily.