- The name Toyah comes from a tribe of American Indians. Her surname is regularly spelled incorrectly as Wilcox.
- Currently hosting and performing on Songs of Praise (1961) on BBC-TV. (June 2003)
- Toyah lives in the house formerly owned by Cecil Beaton.
- She is a big fan of Depeche Mode.
- Her pop career took off with 13 top 40 singles and 15 albums.
- Educated at an all girls school then a drama school.
- She has been a fan of the television series Doctor Who (1963) since she was a child and was interviewed for Doctor Who More Than 30 years in the TARDIS (1993).
- Rehearsing and performing as "Cruella de Vil" in a production of Dodie Smith's "The Hundred and One Dalmatians", at the Theatre Royal in Nottingham. (July 2006)
- Spotted in the street by a TV director who cast her as a punk in the films Quadrophenia and Jubilee.
- She was the 3rd child of a joiner manufacturer.
- She has described "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record" by Dead or Alive as "the best song of the '80s".
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