- Miss Great Britain 1949
- Now permanently resides in Beverly Hills, US.
- Mother died when she was 10.
- Attended The London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art.
- Has one son, Mark, with Raymond Stross.
- Heywood was her mothers maiden name.
- Spent some time in her youth as a cinema usherette at the ABC Cinema at Erdington, Birmingham.
- When she got her Rank, contract she changed her name to Heywood, which was her mother's maiden name.
- She married George Drake, a former assistant attorney general of New York State.
- In the late 60's she was in Italy making The Midas Run with Fred Astaire.
- While she was under contract to Rank she was loaned to United Artists and Universal.
- She met Raymond Stross, who she married, on the set of A Terrible Beauty and formed a production company together, He died in 1988 from a heart attack,.
- She met Raymond Stross on the set of A Terrible Beauty, married and formed a production company together. He died of a heart attack in 1988,.
- Her father was an ex philharmonic orchestra violinist.
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