[2] Baker remained in Hollywood for nearly two decades, acting in two dozen films, including star billing in The House on Telegraph Hill (1950).

Her roles included comedy sitcoms (Hazel, The Donna Reed Show), drama (Perry Mason), and westerns (Have Gun - Will Travel).

She began work on a book and sold some nonfiction pieces to magazines, in addition to receiving $50,000 from a producer for one of her stories.

While Weiss remained in California working for Irwin Allen, she returned to New York with her two children and began a new career as an author.

[citation needed] Baker used the pen name "Beth Holmes" to shield her family from being compared with fictional characters in the novel.