British actress
Daughter of the actor Andrew Churchman and actress Gladys Dale
Played Grace Archer in the BBC radio soap "The Archers", and the character famously died in a fire on 30th September 1955 - which just happened to be the opening night of ITV.
Returned to Doctor Who after a gap of 43 years to voice again the character of Alpha Centauri in the episode Empress of Mars.
