Actress
Daughter of Michael Balcon.
Mother of Lydia Tamasin Day-Lewis and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Was the subject of a bust, now lost, by Jacob Epstein.
Mother-in-law of Rebecca Miller.
Grandmother of Gabriel-Kane Day Lewis (born on 9 April 1995), Ronan Cal Day-Lewis (born on 14 June 1998) and Cashel Blake Day-Lewis (born in May 2002).
Her husband Cecil Day-Lewis wrote several mystery novels and movie scripts under the pen name Nicholas Blake. As Day-Lewis, he also served as Englands Poet Laureate from 1968 till his death in 1972.
Had a passion for poetry.
Distinguished British actress of stage, screen and radio. Educated at Roedean School in Brighton and trained for acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London, finishing top of her class. Began her career as an announcer with the BBC.
Spent her retirement living in a thatched cottage in the Hampshire countryside, having Alec and Merula Guiness as her neighbours.
