The studio also enrolled her in the Actors’ Laboratory Theatre, an acting school teaching the techniques of the Group Theatre; she later stated that it was “my first taste of what real acting in a real drama could be, and I was hooked”. Despite her enthusiasm, her teachers thought her too shy and insecure to have a future in acting, and Fox did not renew her contract in August 1947.

 She returned to modeling while also doing occasional odd jobs at film studios, such as working as a dancing “pacer” behind the scenes to keep the leads on point at musical sets.