Later Career and Death
By the mid-1920s Marin Sais' career was declining and she began appearing in a number of lower budget Westerns. It was a trend that would follow Sais throughout her career into the talkie era of the 1930s and give her the dubious title of "Queen of the B-movie oaters". During the 1930s, Sais appeared in approximately twenty films - all Westerns except for an uncredited role as Mrs. Harper in 1936 cult classic Reefer Madness.
Sais' acting career continued throughout the 1940s and into the 1950s, often in bit parts or in uncredited roles in poorly received, low budget Westerns. Two exceptions were the popular 1945 Sam Newfield directed Western Lightning Raiders, starring Buster Crabbe and her role as The Duchess in the long-running 1949 Red Ryder serials starring Jim Bannon. By the early 1950s, she made a tentative foray into the new medium of television with a guest appearance on The Lone Ranger. Sais' last role before retirement was a small part in the made-for-TV movie The Great Jesse James Raid in 1953.
As a star in her 20s, prior to the end of World War I, Sais' home was in Glendale, California. In her later years, Marin Sais retired to the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, California where she was a resident for many years. She died in 1971 of cerebral arteriosclerosis at the age of 81.
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