- Pretty, tender-looking silent screen lady known for her onscreen work in Harold Lloyd comedies. She replaced Mildred Davis, who retired to become Mrs. Harold Lloyd.
- During the summer of 1929, in an effort to bolster her career, Ralston appeared in a George Scarborough drama entitled "Bad Babies," which was, in part, about what happens when a socialite woman falls in love with a high school boy. The entire cast was arrested by Los Angeles authorities for "lewd and indecent exhibition," and each cast member had the choice of either paying a $300 fine or spending 30 days in jail. All paid the fine.
- Retired at the advent of sound after only two talkies due to a noticeable lisp.
- Met Richard Arlen on the set of the Oscar-winning classic Wings (1927) and later married him.
- Mother of actor Richard Arlen Jr.
- She pronounced her first name joe-BEAN-nuh.
- WAMPAS Baby Star of 1923.
- Prompted by a show business mom, she began as a chorus dancer for George M. Cohan.
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