 These roles continued into the first half of the 1950s with supporting roles in "Three Guys Named Mike" (1951), opposite Jane Wyman; "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952); and the science-fiction film "Invaders from Mars" (1953).In 1952, Billingsley had her first role as a guest star, in an episode of "The Abbott and Costello Show".In 1955, she won a co-starring role in the sitcom "Professional Father", starring Stephen Dunne and Beverly Washburn.