 After the show ended, Vail became a low-key supporting actress in films, best known for roles in the low-budget cult films "A Bucket of Blood" (1959) and "The Little Shop of Horrors" (1960), written by her grandson Charles B. Griffith, and directed by Roger Corman, for whom Griffith had written and/or directed several films.Vail apparently never remarried after her husband's death in 1936.She appeared on television's "This Is Your Life" in 1960.