She had recurring roles as Bob Newhart's mother on The Bob Newhart Show, the mother of Colonel Steve Austin (Lee Majors) on both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman as well as Patricia Shepard, Sue Ellen and Kristin's mother on Dallas.
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In the 1980s she had a regular role on the short-lived series Secrets of Midland Heights, several television movies, and single-episode appearances in shows like Magnum, P.I., The Paper Chase, and Highway to Heaven.
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Eventually, she reached Broadway, first appearing as an understudy to Martha Scott in Our Town, and subsequently starring in the domestic comedy, Claudia.