Lyons & Lyons (management). Photographer: (looks like) D. Lutz, New York. · Public domain

Born Sadie Marks, she became the comic partner of her husband Jack Benny on his radio program, holding her own as a performer despite stage fright that worsened over the years. She eventually retired from show business entirely at the height of the couple's fame, walking away from two decades in the public eye nearly thirty years before her death.