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She appeared in more than 500 radio plays and was a member of the BBC Repertory Company.

In 1950, she co-authored a play, 'Always Afternoon', and, in the 1970's, wrote two popular children's books.

Older sister of ballerina and actress Moyra Fraser.

Made her theatrical debut in 1944 at the Comedy Theatre in London. Achieved national popularity as the matriarch of the TV series A Family at War (1970), set in Liverpool during the Second World War.

Daughter of John Newton Mappin Fraser who worked for Mappin and Webb Company.

She attended St. Christopher's School in Kingswood, Surrey, England and was awarded a scholarship to the Croydon Repertory Theatre in Croydon, Surrey where she made her debut in 1938.

Although she was born in England, both her sister Moyra Fraser, and her "Star Wars" successor, Bonnie Piesse, were born in Australia.

She was in the first British tour of Who's Afraid of Virgnia Woolf.

She is of Irish/ Scottish parents.

Graduated from drama school into the West End in This Was a Woman,.