having completed her education while working on the various projects, crawford moved to atlanta after her graduation and became a counselor. she also appeared in the films "house of dark shadows" as a nurse, was in a bit part in "sharky's machine" (1981). crawford returned to television the following year in a made-for-television movie, "maid in america" which starred susan clark and alex karras. also beginning in 1982, she played in a recurring role in a soap-opera called "the catlins", which ran through 1984.