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Noted for her perfect diction and for her excellent acting range in classical plays on stage, in television and on radio.

West End debut in the musical "Carissimia" in 1948. Between 1950 and 1954, appeared in many Shakespearean roles, including "King Lear", "Much Ado About Nothing", "Othello" and "Caesar and Cleopatra". Cast by John Gielgud in the part of Olivia in "Twelft Night" (1955), in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Played Lady Macbeth with the Old Vic company in 1961.

She studied at the Westonbirt School in Gloucestershire, England. She studied drama at the Tamara Daykharhanova School in New York City, USA and the London Mask Theatre School in London, England.

Daughter of Henry Julius Hecht and Katherine Arkandy of London, England.

She is the mother of a daughter, Deborah Jane Granville. born 1954.