Career
Sidney moved to Poole when very young. She went to Martin Road School in Parkstone and then Martin Kemp-Welch secondary school, which later became Street Aldhelm"s Academy, leaving school at the age of 15. At first she took an Apprenticeship in Hairdressing, working in salons in Bournemouth.
But then decided that she would rather be a model.
The pageant was held in London, United Kingdom on 12 November 1964. lieutenant was watched on television by a reported 27.2 million people in the United Kingdom alone.
After relinquishing the title, Sidney had many acting roles on television, including the The Avengers and Are You Being Served?, and in films, including the spy thriller Sebastian (1968) with Dirk Bogarde and Susannah York, and Nicolas Roeg"s cult film Performance in (1970) with James Fox and Mick Jagger, as well as forming a touring cabaret acting In 1967 she appeared in the long-running West End farce Not Now, Darling opposite Donald Sinden and Bernard Cribbins.
Sidney has appeared in numerous stage musicals such as Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris and as Maria von Trapp in the Sound of Music.
She has also appeared in several Christmas Pantomimes in the United Kingdom, such as Prince Charming in Cinderella with Brian Conley and as Dick in Dick Whittington with Les Dawson. Sidney also spent six years as a lead singer at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Grand Las Vegas. Sidney also featured in the Australian-based comedy series Birds In The Bush (1972) and later co-hosted an Australian version of the game show, The Better Sex (1978).