Hanshaw began performing on the radio in 1929. In the early 1930s, she sang on the air with Glen Gray's Casa Loma Orchestra. From 1932 to 1934, she was featured on the popular Thursday evening radio program Maxwell House Show Boat. She made her only appearance on film in the 1933 Paramount short Captain Henry's Radio Show.Film clip, jazzage1920s.com; accessed January 30, 2007. Her music career ended on December 6, 1937, after a performance on The Chevrolet Musical Moments Revue.
