Shortly after her mother’s death in 1955, Fealy returned to Denver from California. She went into semi-retirement in 1957. Fealy remained active by continuing to lecture and perform until 1963. Her last performance took place at the Bonfils Theatre, Denver, in 1963. She performed the title role of Emily Griffith in a historical drama, which she authored. Fealy spent her last two years in California, at the Motion Picture Country Home and Hospital, a convalescent and retirement institution funded by the Motion Picture and Television Relief Fund. She died there in 1971 at the age of 90. Cecil B. DeMille provided in his will for her entombment in the Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery Mausoleum, where her mother was interred.
