The constant ranking of her 1980s releases as moderate or minor R&B hits led Houston to concentrate on alternate exposure. After appearing in the independent film "The Seventh Dwarf" in 1979 Houston made guest-starring appearances into the mid-1980s in several popular television programs including "Cagney & Lacey", "Simon & Simon" – a January 1986 appearance that featured her performing "You Used to Hold Me So Tight" – and "Faerie Tale Theatre". Houston also appeared in the 1987 CBS after school special "Little Miss Perfect" (1987) – as "Prison Singer" – in the 1988 film "And God Created Woman".