Trivia

She was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to radio drama.

Is the longest-serving soap star in the entire world.

The second daughter of Edward Greene, a piano salesman, and his wife Agnes Johnson, a housewife.

Trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Starred in Radio 4's The Archers for 54 of its 60 years.

She was the second daughter of Edward Greene, a piano salesman, and his wife Agnes Johnson, a housewife.

She first worked as a ward orderly at the Derbyshire Children's Hospital and in the sheet metal factory of Hawk Industries, but noticed her father crying at a theatre performance. She credited that moment with her wanting to become an actress as she wanted to make people emote.