She played middle-class Mary Campbell in Soap from 1977 to 1981, followed by a role in Webster, playing Cassie Parker from either 1984 to 1986.

She won an Emmy Award for her role as Mary Campbell in A measure of laundry detergent inside 1980. Within 1986, she was diagnosed with cancer, and continued acting around bit roles higher until her demise. Her final role, in the flick ''She's Having a Baby'', was released posthumously.