In her acting career, Ingber portrayed Annie, wife of Anthony Tortelli and daughter-in-law of his mother Carla, in the television sitcom Cheers and its short-lived spin-off The Tortellis (1987). She played Robin, Baby's "witless cousin", in the short-lived television series adaptation of the film Dirty Dancing. Her other roles included Enid, Lila Penbrook's (April Lerman) friend, in the first season (1984–85) of Charles in Charge and Polly Goldenberg-Cohen in the 1989 film Teen Witch.