Career
She is best known as one of the original presenters of Blue Peter. She worked on the programme from 1958 until 1962. The following year she became the first female Blue Peter presenter, co-presenting with Christopher Trace.
Williams left Blue Peter at the start of 1962, after being made redundant by Clive Parkhurst, a newly appointed producer, with whom she did not get on.
Williams recalled "he could not find anything for me to do", and in October, Williams did not appear for six editions, and was eventually fired, leaving Christopher Trace on his own or with one-off presenters. Parkhurst was replaced by John Furness.
She went on to play small parts in the films Watch Your Stern, Marriage of Convenience and The Beauty Jungle, and returned to Blue Peter for the show"s 40th anniversary in 1998.
