In 1956, Carey guest starred in the episode "Death in the Snow" of NBC's anthology series, The Joseph Cotten Show.

In 1957 and 1958, Carey played Elsie, the live-in housekeeper, on the CBS sitcom Mr. Adams and Eve, which starred the then real-life married acting couple, Howard Duff and Ida Lupino.

On November 7, 1961, Carey played Ma Tolliver, the owner of a former stagecoach stop, in the episode "Deadly Is the Night" of NBC's Laramie Western series.

On April 22, 1962, she delivered a noteworthy performance as the vengeance-seeking bullying mother, "Ma Martin", of three grown sons in the episode "The Youngest" of the ABC-Warner Brothers Western series, Lawman.

They had two children, a daughter Ellen and a son, actor Harry Carey, Jr.[1] In 1928, the failure of the St. Francis Dam northwest of Los Angeles caused a flood, the damages of which included seven deaths on the Careys' ranch and a loss estimated at $750,000 ($13.7 million today).