- Her daughter Jane, Jane's mother-in-law, Jane Holland, and her granddaughter Lucy were killed by a tsunami while vacationing in Phuket, Thailand. Another granddaughter, Alice, was seriously injured. [December 26, 2004]
- She appeared in three films with her husband Richard Attenborough: Dancing with Crime (1947), The Outsider (1948) and The Magic Box (1951).
- Costarred opposite husband Richard Attenborough in the original production of Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap" in London in 1952; now the longest-running play ever.
- Her husband Richard Attenborough directed her brother Gerald Sim in seven films: Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Young Winston (1972), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Gandhi (1982), Cry Freedom (1987), Chaplin (1992) and Shadowlands (1993).
- Both her husband Richard Attenborough and her younger brother Gerald Sim died in 2014: on August 24 and December 11 respectively.
- She was the sister-in-law of naturalist David Attenborough.
- She worked as a magistrate.
- She was the mother of Charlotte Attenborough, Michael Attenborough and Jane Attenborough.
- During the war she was a member of the Women's land army.
- She was the first celebrity talent-spotter on Opportunity Knocks (1956).
- She was the former mother-in-law of actress Jane Seymour.
- She met her husband Richard while they were studying at RADA.
- Became an Associate Member of RADA.
- Graduated from RADA.
- She was the grandmother of Tom Attenborough.
- She was the elder sister of actor Gerald Sim.
- She was the mother-in-law of Karen Lewis-Attenborough and Graham Sinclair.
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