The first actress to portray Dr. Maggie Fielding Powers on the daytime soap opera, The Doctors (1963), in the early 1960s.
She studied Drama at the Actors Studio in New York City with Lee Strasberg.
Mother of Amanda Gordon Welch (born August 15, 1965); Elizabeth Morgan Welch (born February 3, 1969); Daniel Merryman Welch (born on March 24, 1971; and Diana Rebecca Welch (born on September 30, 1977).