- Born
- Nickname
- The Fairy Liquid Queen.
- Height5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
- Prior to going to RADA she'd had a small part in 'The Rebel' with Tony Hancock but after the first day she went home in tears as she'd been made up with bright green lips and mud in her hair for her part as an extra sensualist. While she liked making the film and working with Tony she didn't enjoy the part. Just before she left RADA she went to see a producer about a part of a brassy blonde in "Wheel of Fate" (1953). He was pleased with her but said that she needed to see the director for approval and that he was doing a night shoot at Marylebone shunting yards. If she went to see him there and if he approved she'd start filming the next week.. She got to the yard and saw a man 'committing suicide' by jumping onto tracks in front of a train. After shooting the scene, he climbed onto the platform and asked who she was and what she was doing there. She'd already found out he was Bryan Forbes and introduced herself saying that she understood that she might be in the film. He replied that this had been the last night of shooting to which she said that she'd come all the way from Streatham. He said he'd take her home to make sure that she'd be safe, and continued to do so for nearly 60 years. He'd done quite a few films by that time, plus a lot of stage work. They did a play together at the Aldwych Theatre and worked separately until he started to produce and direct, casting her in a number of his films.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tonyman 5
- SpouseBryan Forbes(August 27, 1955 - May 8, 2013) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- Famous in the UK for a series of 'Fairy Liquid' (Dish Detergent) TV advertisements.
- Mother of UK TV presenter Emma Forbes and Sarah Forbes.
- Her parents had a theatrical background with her father having an act in which a girl was thrown around.
- Attended the wedding of Joan Collins and Percy Gibson.
- Mother-in-law of John Standing.
- A good marriage is at least 80 percent good luck in finding the right person at the right time. The rest is trust.
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