By the mid-1990s she was entirely retired, but it was about this time that record collectors specializing in "weird" music brought about a re-interest in her output.

[8] She became acquainted with Vonda Kay Van Dyke, who would later be Miss America 1965, while working on the film Teenage Diary.

[2][9] By April 1961 a doll named Little Marcy was created by the same dollmaker who made Charlie McCarthy, based on Tigner's specifications of herself as a small child, and this doll became so popular through personal appearances that Tigner's name was dropped and further recordings and appearances were simply credited to "Little Marcy.

[10] At the peak of her output she was releasing 5 albums of original material a year, and sales figures were respectable by even secular standards.

[13] In the mid-1980s Tigner and the Little Marcy doll made some personal appearances in Oregon, where she and her husband lived, for the next few years.

[2] The last Little Marcy products were two short films produced by Tyndale House in the late 1980s intended for Christian cable channels.

[14] When Tigner performed as "Little Marcy" at churches she told religious stories through the doll in addition to singing.

[8] She wrote at least two cantatas for children, "The Jesus Story" and "Noah's Ark", the latter in collaboration with Joe Rizzo.

"[2][6][9][11] Following her death a special version of the KWVA program Sunday Morning Hangover focusing on Little Marcy's career was broadcast on June 3, 2012.