 After a passage of six years, in the last days of 1974, the year of her divorce/widowhood, she made one final passage in front of the cameras, as a guest star in "Choice of Victims" on "Mannix".Less than two years later, on April 16, 1976, Hugueny, age 32, married Gordon Cornell Layne, 45-year-old writer and founder of Mid America Pictures.The following year, deciding to return to acting, she acquired new management and was en route to sign performing contracts when she was badly injured by a police vehicle engaged in a high-speed pursuit.