 According to newspaper articles published by Margaret Caldwell, Wilbur's longtime close friend, the actress only accepted the part in the film version of "Score" to make enough money to produce a documentary short written and directed by her friend Robin Lehman.Wilbur also co-produced Lehman's shorts "The End of the Game" (1975) and "Nightlife" (1976), earning an Academy Award nomination for the latter and winning an Oscar for the former in 1976.In later years, she worked as a dedicated animal rights activist and wrote two unpublished books of verse about the Maneki Neko, a porcelain Japanese feline commonly known as "The Beckoning Cat"