Trivia

Some other sources give her birth year as 1928 or 1929.

A big break came when she was selected from 3,000 applicants to star in Brighton Rock (1948).

Daughter of an architect and surveyor.

Spent some time with the Rank Organization's repertory company at Worthing. Her performance as Celia in "As You Like It" won high praise.

Prior to an acting career, she studied at a Hammersmith convent in West London and had scarce stage experience.

Tried out for the lead in Laguna azul (1949) but lost out to Jean Simmons.

First wanted to be a singer, but because she could not enter the Academy of Music for a year, she competed for the Anne M. Child scholarship to the Academy's dramatic section. She won the scholarship. A year later, she was invited to join the J. Arthur Rank Company of Youth to train for a screen career.