She had parts in several television series, including Batman, Hazel, Mission: Impossible, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Perry Mason, The Virginian and The Monroes.

Also in 1942, she appeared as Constance Selden in Apache Trail, Kaaren de Relle in Nazi Agent and Juliette in Reunion in France.

She left Hollywood in 1943 to join the newly formed New York City Opera, becoming one of its leading lyric sopranos.

"[1] Courtesy of MGM, Ayars helped entertain the troops in February 1944 at Camp Roberts, California, starring in Rio Rita along with Janis Paige.

She had a star part as Antonia in the 1951 Powell and Pressburger film The Tales of Hoffmann, which was based on the opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach.