The Big Knife
McCarthy originally made her New York stage debut as Dixie Evans in The Big Knife at the Seven Arts Playhouse in 1959, which starred Carroll O'Connor and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich. She appeared in several live television plays produced in New York including "True Story", "Divorce Court," and "Moment of Fear" with Robert Redford on the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" series. On stage in Los Angeles she played Maggie in "After The Fall".