She was married to "The Corbomite Maneuver" director Joseph Sargent, and aside from her appearance in "The Deadly Years" and a guest appearance on The Beverly Hillbillies, "Red Skelton Show", "Run for Your Life" "The Lucille Ball Show", most of her acting appearances were under her late husband's direction. Nelson has since retired from acting and formed the Free Arts Clinic for Abused Children that provides free classes in all the arts such as writing, acting, dance, music to over 300,000 children a year.