in 1994, she played mrs. pickman in john carpenter's "in the mouth of madness". in 1996, she played adam sandler's grandmother in the feature film "happy gilmore". in 1999, she played thelma, the head security guard at the bradford robotics laboratory in the film "inspector gadget". bay's other roles included a supporting role in "the rye", a notable 1996 episode of "seinfeld" in which she played a woman who got into a physical altercation with jerry over a loaf of marble rye bread.