Elder made guest appearances acting on several 1960s television series including The Farmer's Daughter, Death Valley Days, Ben Casey, The Wild Wild West, The Smothers Brothers Show and Get Smart. She portrayed Lt. Melba Benson on "The Vampire of Taratupa" episode of Ernest Borgnine's comedy McHale's Navy. In 1966 she was seen in the two-part episodes; "The Bridge Of Lions Affair" on The Man from U.N.C.L.E.