She remained in the role for 10 years, until she graduated from high school in 1961, after which she explored other opportunities, including appearances in films such as Splendor in the Grass (1961) and Pressure Point (1962).

[2]: 527  In 1962, she also played girl beatnik Edwina "Eddie" Kegel, the romantic interest of Maynard G. Krebs in two episodes of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

In 1965, she played the hellion outlaw Maybelle Williams in "Judgement in Heaven", the Christmas episode of the Western series The Big Valley.

Other television work included playing Betty Anderson Harrington in Return to Peyton Place,[2]: 890  as well as roles on Wagon Train, The Eleventh Hour, Daniel Boone, Bonanza and The Mod Squad.

Thinnes and Loring played husband and wife in both the 1969 feature film Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (original title: Doppelgänger), and in the 1971 TV movie Black Noon.