She acted in John Webster's play, "The Duchess of Malfy," at the Theatre Royal in Stratford, England with Avis Bunnage and Phillip Locke in the cast. John Bury was director.
Battled alcoholism during her life, a battle she ultimately lost. She
was said to be on a bottle of vodka a day. She died of hepatitis four
days after her 53rd birthday. The actor, Brian Murphy, who played her
on-screen husband in George & Mildred (1976), was at her bedside.