She definitely had a specific type she played, and I think the show used her on-screen persona well. Somebody else said she was often cast in a sassy role, but I thought of her characters as more annoying and pushy than sassy, and she did those well.

One scene in particular I remember was in the lawyer's office in "Trace of Murder" where her secret partner wished everyone a good day and she squawked back at him "I don't know what's so good about it!"

His look back at her was pretty funny.