Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Berkley ya koyar a El Centro, California a matsayin matashiya. Ta kasance sakatare na sirri da kuma talla ga 'yar wasan kwaikwayo Hattie McDaniel daga 1936 zuwa 1951. An ce ta taimaka wa McDaniel ya rubuta ta
Jawabin karɓar Oscars na 1940. Ta yi aiki ga Ethel Waters a irin wannan matsayi. Tare da rubutun ta na "Hollywood in Bronze", ita ce "firstwararriyar wakilin Hollywood ta farko".