Critics regard her portrayal of Nathaniel Hawthorne's Hepzibah Pyncheon in the 1940 film The House of the Seven Gables as Lindsay's standout career role.

According to Tom Longden of the Des Moines Register, "Peg" was "a tomboy who liked to climb pear trees" and was a "roller-skating fiend".

Lindsay was selected for a role as Edith Harris, a doomed English bride whose honeymoon voyage takes place on the Titanic.

"[citation needed] Lindsay's letter to Briggs also stated that the film she had the most fun with was The Vigilantes Return (1947), in which she co-starred with Jon Hall.

As a man-chasing saloon singer after Jon Hall it was for me a totally extroverted style and I relished the opportunity...I have a framed still from that film on a wall in my home.

Not only is Nikki attractive and perfectly willing to show off her figure...but she also likes to write her own stories on Queen's time, and gets carried away doing her own investigations", Tuska opined.

[citation needed] Lindsay appeared in a supporting role in the 1942 film The Spoilers, starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne, and in Fritz Lang's Scarlet Street (1945) with Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett.

According to biographer and historian William J. Mann, Lindsay was the life partner of musical theatre, film, and television actress Mary McCarty.