Wilson's television credits include early anthology series such as "Kraft Television Theatre", "The United States Steel Hour", and "Armstrong Circle Theatre". She was a regular on the primetime drama "East Side/West Side" and sitcom "Doc" and she appeared in "Dark Shadows", "Another World", "All in the Family", "Murder, She Wrote", and '. She also appeared in television movies, including "The Boys Next Door" (1996). She appeared in the miniseries ' in March 1987 as the mother of Frances Schreuder (played by Lee Remick), as well as the miniseries "Alex Haley's Queen".