In the years immediately following her departure from her two early television series, her film and TV roles tended to be few and of low quality, in the opinion of both the critics and the actress herself. A 1996 profile article in "Entertainment Weekly", on the occasion of her landing a prestigious television role at the end of this period, noted:"Delaney's résumé is spotted with ridiculous roles that range from a nun in the Chuck Norris action movie, "The Delta Force", to a possessed nymphomaniac in the soft-core horror film, "Temptress". 'There's a lot of things I did to pay the mortgage,' Delaney says resignedly."Roles from this period include her 1992 appearance as Lucky Santangelo in the television miniseries, "Lady Boss".