The following year, she had a leading role in "Old Fashioned Murder", an episode of the NBC detective drama series Columbo. Berlin did not act on film or television again until 1990, when she appeared in and co-wrote the screenplay for the comedy-drama film In the Spirit starring her mother alongside Marlo Thomas and Olympia Dukakis.
In the year following this, Berlin played a key role in "Old Fashioned Murder", an episode of the NBC detective series Columbo. It wasn't until 1990 that Berlin returned to acting on screen, co-starring with her mother in the comedy-drama film In the Spirit.