Career
She was one of the British Broadcasting Corporation"s original team of television presenters during the 1950s. She left the programme in 1960 to marry James Sargent who was stage manager of the Sadler"s Wells Opera Company. She also worked at Granada Television.
She met Solti in September 1964 when she interviewed him, fortuitously, as a last minute alternative to replace a missing news item.
She appeared on children"s television, as a presenter of Play School and then at Granada a series for older children, ExtraOrdinary, which involved strange-but-true stories from science and the arts She gave up her career as a presenter, though she continued to appear occasionally on television (notably on the quiz show, Face The Music) and worked with Solti for various charities.
In addition, she has devoted time to other cultural organizations, including the Sadler’s Wells Theatre Trust, the Mariinsky Theatre Trust, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Musica Nel Chiostro, Battignano Italy, the Hungarian Cultural Centre (London), Liszt Academy (Budapest), and the W11 Opera children"s opera company in London. In 2002, a website dedicated to Georg Solti was launched, under the instigation of Lady Solti.