Background
She was born and brought up in Tottenham in North London and became a popular film and stage actress who was known for playing gentle mannered women.
She was born and brought up in Tottenham in North London and became a popular film and stage actress who was known for playing gentle mannered women.
John was twice married, firstly to film editor Russell Lloyd, from 1943–1949, and secondly to John Silkin (1950–1987), a politician, by whom she had one son, Rory (born 1954). She died from natural causes in London in 1998, aged 85.