Education
Born in 1904, Flynn graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (Class of 1926), moving to Chicago in 1927. In 1932, Paul Rhymer chose Flynn to play Sade as the character lacked a sense of humor.
Born in 1904, Flynn graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison (Class of 1926), moving to Chicago in 1927. In 1932, Paul Rhymer chose Flynn to play Sade as the character lacked a sense of humor.
In Chicago, Flynn became a radio actress and announcer. She was used as a radio announcer, a rarity for women in the 1920s, as she was known for controlling her emotions. This quality of not becoming emotional was exploited in the Vic and Sade show, where she would play the role of straight man to the comic daffiness.
Even in the most humorous of situations, Flynn"s emotional self-control ensured that Sade would never break character.
The 15-minute program was aired from 1932 to 1945, and in 1946, it was put back on the air as a one-hour show. Flynn appeared in both of the television incarnations of Vic and Sade, the only cast member to appear in both the 1949 Colgate Theater episodes and the 1957 revival The Humor of Vic "n" Sade.
She also had the lead role in the first American television soap opera, Hawkins Falls, Population 6200, which ran on National Broadcasting Company from 1951 to 1955.