She was less active during the remainder of her career; two of her later film successes were as the mother of Frances Farmer in Frances (1982), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and as Pancho Barnes in The Right Stuff (1983).
Hun var mindre aktiv i resten af sin karriere; to af hendes senere filmsucceser var som Frances Farmers mor i Frances (1982), hvor hun modtog en nominering for den anden Oscar for bedste kvindelige birolle og som Pancho Barnes i Mænd af den rette støbning (1983).