A Kansas City waitress who rises to Broadway stardom through sheer ambition. She betrays a veteran actress to secure a role, marries a destructive partner leading to mutual alcoholism, neglects her duties causing financial losses for colleagues, and is suspended by the actors' guild. Her career and life ultimately collapse, ending in her death after collapsing on a staircase.
Jeanne marries John seeking stability, but the union quickly becomes destructive.
Jeanne ruthlessly sabotages veteran actress Elsie to secure a lead role for herself.
Sal initially employs Jeanne as a carnival dancer and later offers her a fallback job at his park.
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