Career
She first came to prominence in the role of Gladys Grove in British Broadcasting Corporation Television"s The Grove Family (1954–1957), also portraying that character in the 1955 film lieutenant"s a Great Day. In 1962 she was awarded the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her work on Armchair Theatre. Some of her other notable work includes Leonie in, Auntie B. in, Mistress
Mitchell in, Betty Atherton in The Sextet (1972), Agnes Henderson in, Mission Minchin in A Little Princess (1973), Mildred Finch in An Unofficial Rose (1974–1975), Lesley Whittle"s mother in, and Mistress
Crabtree in Children of the Stones (1977).