The actress Shirley Booth did have a grave visual problem- she was legally blind in her later years and probably totally so at the time of her death. She did portray the controversial roles of Women alcoholics in a number of films- often acting very drunk on TV or filmed-on-TV This was drama, not comedy ( come back Little Sheba, perhaps) She is fortunately better known for the comedy maid role in HAZEL. Hazel was a harmless family sit-com, quite different than her movie roles. I heard on the radio some years ago she was blind in later years, liquor could have been a factor.