After she sang in the film version of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", she became known for her roles in the films "The Comic", opposite Dick Van Dyke, and "The Love Bug", opposite Dean Jones. The latter becoming the second-highest-grossing film of 1969 in the United States. That same year, she starred in a special television production of the Jerome Kern–Otto Harbach musical, "Roberta", in which she sang "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes", and also peaked at #52 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 with "L. David Sloane". After the birth of her son, she worked infrequently until accepting a role on Broadway in "Seesaw", which netted her a Tony Award nomination in 1974. After her mother's death, she stopped working to spend time with her son.