Hanold was the second of six children and is of German ancestry. Her father was a lieutenant with the New York City police.
Hanold appeared in a number of films and television programs in the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s.[2]
She was married to Rulon Keaton Neilson, president of Skyline Oil Company from 1967 until his 1993 death at the age of 83. They had three children, Elisabeth R (b. 1969), Sabrina C (b. 1971) and another daughter.