To help pay for college, Camp trained macaws at Busch Gardens on weeknights, weekends, and then during summers performing for crowds of up to 2,000 in six shows a day, six days a week. Aspiring to be an actress, Camp took private acting and singing lessons. She was noticed by a talent agent, for her hour-long Busch Gardens television special featuring her and her birds, and hired for national television commercials for Gallo wine and Touch of Sweden hand lotion. This exposure led to small television parts in shows such as "Marcus Welby, M.D.", "Happy Days", and "Love, American Style", as well as a six-episode stint on the miniseries "Rich Man, Poor Man".