While ratings for the fifth season were still strong ("Hazel" ranked #26 for the season), Booth decided to end the show due to health issues. Shortly after the end of "Hazel", Booth appeared in the television production of "The Glass Menagerie" that aired on the anthology series "CBS Playhouse". She won critical acclaim for her performance and was nominated for another Primetime Emmy Award. Booth's final Broadway appearances were in a revival of Noël Coward's play "Hay Fever" and the musical "Look to the Lilies", both in 1970. In 1971, she returned to Chicago to star opposite Gig Young in a revival of "Harvey" at the Blackstone Theater. In 1973, Booth returned to episodic television in the ABC series "A Touch of Grace". The series was based on the British sitcom "For the Love of Ada". "A Touch of Grace" was canceled after one season. In 1974, Booth provided the voice for the character of Mrs. Claus in the animated television special "The Year Without a Santa Claus". It was Booth's final acting role after which she retired to her home in Cape Cod. On November 23, 1929, Booth married Ed Gardner, who later gained fame as the creator and host of the radio series "Duffy's Tavern". They divorced in 1942. She married William H. Baker Jr., a corporal in the U.S. Army, the following year. Booth and Baker remained married until his death from heart disease in 1951. She never remarried and had no children from either marriage. After retiring from acting in 1974, Booth moved to North Chatham, Massachusetts, where she lived with her pet poodle and two cats. She maintained contact with her friends via telephone and spent her time painting and doing needlework. In November 1979, she was inducted into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. Booth did not attend the ceremony and the award was accepted on her behalf by Celeste Holm. By the 1980s, Booth's health began to decline. She reportedly suffered a stroke that caused mobility issues and blindness. After her death, Booth's sister said she had broken her hip in 1991, which further inhibited her mobility. On October 16, 1992,  Booth died at age 94 at her home in North Chatham. After a private memorial service, Booth was interred in the Baker family plot in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Montclair, New Jersey. For her contributions to the film industry, Booth has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6850 Hollywood Boulevard.