The role earned her a nomination for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her film career was not as successful in the 1950s. She appeared in a string of unsuccessful films including ‘The Capture’, ‘Something to Live For’,‘California Conquest’, ‘The Steel Trap’, ‘Count the Hours’, and ‘Track of the Cat.
During the late 1950s, she returned to the theatre and also began working frequently on television. Her successful stage plays from this era include ‘The Rainmaker’ and ‘The Dark at the Top of the Stairs’.
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She remained active on the New York stage throughout the 1960s, playing Mary McKellaway in ‘Mary, Mary’, Alice in ‘I Never Sang for My Father’, and Mary Hallen in ‘Who’s Happy Now?’ In addition to her stage work, she also appeared in several television productions including episodes for ‘The Alfred Hitchcock Hour’, ‘Bonanza’, and ‘The Defenders’.