 The play folded after only 11 performances, and she largely retired after marrying for a third time.She continued to act occasionally and successfully essayed the role of Blanche DuBois in "A Streetcar Named Desire" in summer stock in Sea Cliff, New York, in August 1951.Fellow cast member Naomi Caryl (who played Eunice Hubbell) recalled that Twelvetrees had "the saddest eyes I'd ever seen" and "it was also obvious that she had an extremely fragile psyche."