[2] Worthing's most significant Broadway involvement came during the 1920s, a period often referred to as the Jazz Age, which was marked by its vibrant and rapidly evolving entertainment scene.

This era, particularly known for its lavish musicals and extravagant theatrical productions, provided a perfect backdrop for Worthing's talents to flourish.

The Los Angeles Times reported that her maid found her unconscious, "lying in a pool of blood, her nose broken, eyes discolored, one tooth knocked out and bruised about the body.

When the couple emerged from a limousine for the opening of a play, the crowd greeted them rudely, and the reaction inside the theater was also unfriendly.

While he awaited the outcome of the divorce hearing, Nelson sought an annulment on the grounds that the couple had not met Mexican requirements for a marriage prior to their wedding in Tijuana.

Subsequently, she faced a court hearing on an insanity complaint by a friend who cited the actress's hallucinations and threats of suicide.

[15] Worthing was arrested in August 1933 when she was found using narcotics (a violation of her parole) in a Los Angeles apartment where she was living under as assumed name.

[15] More trouble arose in September 1939 when Worthing received a five-month sentence in the Los Angeles County jail for forging a narcotic prescription.

[19] On August 25, 1948, Worthing died of barbiturate poisoning[20] in a three-room house on a back lot in Hollywood, where she lived with a 39-year-old Filipino man.