Carver appeared in the Broadway production of Out West of Eighth in 1951. She appeared on Broadway in The Shadow Box (in 1977), and in Fifth of July during the 1980s.
Her films included From Here to Eternity (1953), Pay or Die (1960), I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), Protocol (1984), Best Seller (1987), Arachnophobia (1990), and Safe (1995).
Carver died on October 18, 2013, following a brief illness at her home in Woodland Hills, California. She was 89 years old. She was survived by her daughters.
