- Dubbed the singing voice of Ursula Andress in Dr. No (1962).
- Her initial ambition was to be a ballet dancer, but a horseback-riding accident prevented her from pursuing that career.
- Spent her early career as a big band singer, performing in hotels and nightclubs in London's West End. Still in her late teens, she was signed as a BBC contract singer, first appearing in the "Hit Parade" in 1952.
- Best known for her role as Sidney James's wife in the hugely popular 1970's sitcom Bless This House (1971). Nearly 25 years later she appeared with another of Sid's famous leading ladies, Barbara Windsor from the Carry On film series, when they worked together in the soap opera EastEnders (1985).
- She was a patron for National Lupus UK, a charity for people with systemic and discoid lupus.
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