In 1960, playwright Sophie Treadwell selected Sutton for the female lead in a revival of her play, Machinal after having seen the actress perform on television.
[2] While working on her master's degree, Sutton wrote a radio script (Siblings), sold it to NBC, and landed the voice role.
[citation needed] As an actress, Sutton worked in experimental theater and was a star with the National Repertory Company.
Critic John Simon's review of a production of the play in New York magazine included the comment, "Most of the novel's sweep, its period panorama, was gone; what was left was the churning, puerile poeticism.
"[5] Sutton died of cancer on May 11, 2009, at the Actor's Home in Englewood, New Jersey,[citation needed] aged 82.