Career
She first appeared on stage at the age of thirteen and trained at the Embassy School of Acting in Swiss Cottage, London. She was briefly employed by a bank before working in censorship during the war while performing in revues in her spare time. At the end of the war she toured with ENSA before returning to revues in London.
Her best-known role was the voice for British Broadcasting Corporation radio"s Listen with Mother from 1950 to 1971.
She was also a reader on the newspaper review programme What the Papers Say for over thirty years. She played Mistress Patterson" the owner of the village shop" in the popular sitcom To the Manor Born.
In the seventies and early eighties she was part of Listen to Les The Les Dawson Radio Show on British Broadcasting Corporation Radio 2, and performed in The Clitheroe Kid radio comedy series from time to time. She played Chrissy"s mother in three episodes of Manitoba About the HouseSeries 4 - Episode 5 (1973-1976).
Other television credits include: The Sweeney, The Duchess of Duke Street, Juliet Bravo, The Children of Green Knowe, Doctor Who (in the serial Dragonfire and The Unicorn and the Wasp) and Hetty Wainthropp Investigates.
In 2006, guest-starred in the audio drama Sapphire and Steel: Cruel Immortality. She appeared in three episodes of Midsomer Murders (2004–2008) as Muriel, Cully"s grandmother. Her film credits include That"ll Be the Day (1973), All Creatures Great and Small (1975) and Sweet William (1980).
Her voice was used for a "Listen With Mother" programme in 1977 for the sitcom Rising Damp.