In 1964, she was hired by Twentieth Century Fox as a set designer on the television series, Peyton Place.
While at Fox, she also worked on the Batman television series and the feature film Fantastic Voyage.
[1] Through the 1970s, Wager worked with Oscar-winning production designer Dale Hennesy.
[1] She received ADG Award nominations for art direction on Pleasantville (1999) and for set design on Changeling (2008).
Wager died in 2011, an in 2016, she was posthumously inducted into the Art Directors Guild Hall of Fame.