Tyler debuted in films billed as Beverly Jean Saul in The Youngest Profession (1943). She worked in over 30 motion pictures between 1943 and 1957, some of which included The Green Years (1946), My Brother Talks to Horses (1947), The Fireball (1950), Voodoo Island (1957), The Toughest Gun in Tombstone (1958), and Hong Kong Confidential (1958). In 1953, Tyler played Lorelei Kilbourne on the television program Big Town. She also was seen in such syndicated programs as The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza and Hazel.