bay appeared in the 2002 music video for jimmy fallon's comedy song, "idiot boyfriend". in 2005 she reunited with her "the pit and the pendulum" director stuart gordon to play a fortune teller in "edmond". from 2009-11, bay had a recurring role as "aunt ginny" on the television series "the middle". her character was subsequently written out of the show after her death in september 2011, and the death was addressed in the episode "the map". she also worked in theatre, winning both the drama-logue award and gemini award.