Born in Green Bank, New Jersey Kathleen Crowley placed 6th in the 1949 Miss America pageant, using the scholarship money she won to enroll at the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York. She starred in low-budget horror films of the 1950's and was a frequent guest of various television series. She retired in 1970 to raise her son.
Kathleen Crowley died of natural causes at age 87.