Welch later starred in The Solid Gold Cadillac (1953) and then was a part of Sunrise at Campobello (1957) at the time of her death.
In Park Row (1952), written and directed by Samuel Fuller, Welch plays the tough newspaper publisher who is the main character's rival... and then romantic interest.
[7] Regarding Welch's earlier weight gain for A Moon for the Misbegotten, Harold Clurman of The Nation wrote, "This stupid and horrible clause may very well have led to the actress's death shortly after the play's production".
[4] In 2005, journalist Laura Shea wrote in The Eugene O'Neill Review, "While a significant, if temporary, weight gain is not beneficial to one's health, it is unlikely that this played a role in her untimely death over ten years after A Moon for the Misbegotten.
[4] After her death, her husband raised their only child, Jonathan,[7] who died on December 21, 1988, at the age of 33, in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.