 After winning her title, Clifford worked as an actress, playing minor roles in films such as "The Boston Strangler" with Tony Curtis and Henry Fonda, "Coogan's Bluff" with Clint Eastwood and "Sweet Charity" with Shirley MacLaine.Unsatisfied with her roles, Clifford decided to concentrate on her singing career, performing for a year in Miami-area night clubs with the Jericho Jazz Singers, before forming her own group Linda & The Trade Winds.In 1973, she was signed to Paramount Records and her first single, "(It's Gonna Be) A Long Long Winter", was a minor hit on the U.S. "Billboard" R&B chart in the winter of 1974.