The actress went on to star as Carol Brady in the "Brady Bunch" movies and on TV shows like "8 Simple Rules" and "Boston Legal," and she has a recurring role as Jay's ex-wife DeDe in the ABC hit " ...

In October 2018, Jay (Ed O’Neill), Claire (Julie Bowen) and Mitchell (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) learned that Jay’s ex-wife — and Mitchell and Claire’s mother — DeDe (Shelley Long), had died.