She was born on January 27, 1913 in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Mark Jones, was a silent film actor. Sadly in 1929 her mother died from a pulmonary embolism. At the age of eighteen she married Hershel Bonham, a stockbroker. Their daughter, Doria Mae, was born on June 10, 1932. Edna made her film debut in the 1933 musical Flying Down to Rio. She had bit parts in more than a dozen movies including Hips Hips Hooray, George White's Scandals, and The Great Ziegfeld.
After divorcing her husband she was briefly engaged to radio announcer Jackson Wheeler. In 1940 she married writer Jack Emanuel. The following year she had a supporting role in Cadet Girl starring Carole Landis. She continued to act but she never got any major parts. Her last role was in a 1955 episode of The Loretta Young Show. Later she worked as a stand-in for Bette Davis. Edna passed away in 2000 at the age of eighty-seven.
