British actress
Long-time actress with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as well as the Birmingham Repertory Company (1936-1939).
Started on the stage as a teenage chorus girl.
Both of her husbands died of cancer; her only son died in childhood of asthma.
Was the RSCs resident Mistress Page in "The Merry Wives of Windor", playing the role in 1964, 1968, 1975 and 1995.
During the 1950s she worked prolifically on television, presenting a chat show with her husband Roy Rich called "Rich and Rich" and appearing in many dramas.
She ran a hotel near Stratford during her RSC years.
She had twin baby girls with her husband Roy Rich.
She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1985 Queens New Year Honours List for her services to drama.
