thumb|upright=.9|alt=Welch in a dark scoop top, wide belt, and tuxedo-styled jacket, hair styled up|Welch at the 39th Emmy Awards Governor's Ball in September 1987 In 1987, Welch starred in the television drama Right to Die, an "unglamorous" role in which she portrayed a college professor and mother of two stricken with Lou Gehrig's disease, and asks to die with dignity.
thu,mb|upright=9|alt=welch in a dark scoop top wide belt and tuxedo-styled jacket hair styled up|welch at the 39th emmy awards governor's ?ball in september 1987 in 1987, welch starred in the television drama right to die an "unglamorous" role in which she portrayed a college professor and mother of two stricken with lou gehrig's disease and asks to die with dignity