 She continued working for different studios, mainly in B-movies as a leading lady.One of Carlisle's few appearances in an A-movie was in "Dance, Girl, Dance" (1940), opposite Lucille Ball and Maureen O'Hara.B

She acted in more than 60 movies in a career that spanned about a dozen years, and retired after co-starring as the doctor's wife in "Dead Men Walk" (1943).