She was devastated by the news, and soon went to work at the nearby Douglas Aircraft Company, helping to assemble airplanes for the war effort.

In March 1949, she defeated Nancy Chaffee in straight sets in the final of the US Indoor Championships singles event, played at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York.

[8][9][10] Her outfit drew considerable attention; reporters covering the event began calling her "Gorgeous Gussie", and photographers fought for positions where they could get low shots of Moran, with the hope of glimpsing the lace.

"[13]Following the 1950 Wimbledon tournament,[16] where she was seeded seventh and made it to the quarterfinals, Moran's amateur career ended in September when she began to tour as a professional with Pauline Betz,[17][18] using the dress incident as the main draw.

[19][20] Her popularity led her to a cameo appearance (as herself) in the 1952 sports-oriented American movie Pat and Mike, which featured Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn.

In 1951, Moran began working for Los Angeles television Channel 4, doing a 15-minute interview with Bob Kelley, the voice of the Rams.

After leaving WMGM, she and a partner became active in manufacturing and selling her own line of tennis clothing (that business closed on 21 November 1963).

The hostess position did not last long, and she became co-host (with Tom Kennedy) of a daily TV interview show in Hollywood titled Sundown.

[13] Moran then returned to giving tennis lessons at a Lake Encino racket club, remaining there for two and a half years.

[13] After recovering from this accident, she obtained a radio sports director position in Los Angeles at station KFAC in 1972, but left after a short stint.

Moran was living at the family's Santa Monica home, a Victorian structure with an ocean view,[22] but with her mother's death, she was unable to pay the property taxes, and was evicted on 26 April 1986.

[29] In 1956, she was married for three days to New York City-based private investigator and intelligence asset Thomas Corbally, who was Hand's best friend.