After the last of these, Wells announced her definitive retirement from soap operas and she debuted as writer and producer with the television movie Porcelana (in 1981).
She retired from television in 1986 shortly after hosting the game show Concurso millonario, and died in Caracas.
Wells was born in Caripito, harbour town and oil centre at the northeast coast.
She and her husband, William Risquez Iribarren, a wealthy lawyer, had three children (Marielba, Xavier and Verónica).
Wells died on 20 September 1988, aged 44, from a rare illness, called Foils.