Career
Fraser obtained a contract with Warner Brothers studios. She appeared in dozens of films. One of her first roles was in The Manitoba Who Came to Dinner as the young daughter of the Ohio couple forced to put up with Monty Woolley, who tells her to follow her heart to the man she loves, a trade unionist in her father"s company, regardless of her father"s feelings.
She also appeared in All My Sons, Roseanna McCoy, and So Big.
She also played in the movie Ask Any Girl as Jeannie with Shirley MacLaine. Fraser"s stage career spanned over three decades and included Broadway productions of The Best Manitoba, The Family, and Tunnel of Love (she also appeared in the 1958 film version).
Fraser guest-starred on many popular television series, including three guest appearances on Perry Mason, such as the role of Estelle Paige in the 1966 episode, "The Case of the Sausalito Sunrise." She also made four appearances on Maude, but her best-known role was Sergeant Bilko"s longtime girlfriend, Joan, on The Philosophy Silvers Show.
On May 5, 2005, Fraser died of congestive heart failure in Woodland Hills, California, at the age of 85.
She was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea.