Background
On leaving school she begged her father to let her train for the stage.
On leaving school she begged her father to let her train for the stage.
She made her first professional appearance in 1931 and her film debut in 1933, but her big break came in 1935 with the comedy film Foreign Affaires. She was a crisp, opulent blonde with blue eyes who appeared in several British films, including. She was no relation to Sir Winston Churchill, whose also had a daughter Diana, as well as an actress-daughter Sarah.
She died from multiple sclerosis at age 81 in Northwood on 8 October 1994.