She resumed her career, appearing in ''[[Carry on Nurse]]'' (1959) and ''[[The Big Day (1960 film)|The Big Day]]'' (1960) and episodes of ''All Aboard'' (1959), ''Suspense'' (1960), ''Richard the Lionheart'' (1962), and ''No Hiding Place'' (1962). Her last films were ''[[Stranglehold (1963 film)|Stranglehold]]'' (1963) and ''[[The Switch (1963 film)|The Switch]]'' (1963).
She wound up living alone and broke in Soho. She died of [[cirrhosis of the liver]] and was cremated at [[Golders Green Crematorium]], Northnorth London. Her old friends were going to pay for the funeral but then the Rank Organisation stepped in to do it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.norwoodsociety.co.uk/articles/183-184-the-sad-story-of-susan-shaw.html|title=184: The Sad Story of Susan Shaw|work=norwoodsociety.co.uk}}</ref> "When we heard of the circumstances of her death we felt it was the least we could do," said a spokesman from the Rank Organisation. Charlie Stevenson, landlord of the Swiss Tavern in Old Compton Street, said, "She came in here every day. They say she died of cirrhosis of the liver and she lived next door to prostitutes in Soho. But this is Soho. We all live next door to prostitutes. We loved her and we weren't going to see her buried in a pauper's grave. Now we shall give the money to medical charities."<ref>Soho bids farewell to a fallen star
Date: Saturday, 2 December 1978
Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 25657 p. 3</ref>
