Education
Cropper studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Cropper studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
She made her television debut as Chrysalis in The Insect Play (1960), based on the 1921 play by Czechoslovakian brothers Josef and Karel Čapek. She appeared in Emergency Ward 10 three times and on Coronation Street three times in 1962. She came to prominence playing a young schizophrenic in the television play In Two Minds (The Wednesday Play, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1967) by David Mercer.
Her film roles included appearances in All Neat in Black Stockings (1968), Cromwell (1970) and Nanou (1986).
In 1972 she starred in the television production of The Exorcism and in 1975 took over the lead role in the West End stage version when actress Mary Ure died of an overdose following the play"s opening night. She played Mary Hodgson, the nurse of the boys who inspired the creation of Peter Pan in the British Broadcasting Corporation docudrama The Lost Boys (1978).
Other television roles included two episodes of the British Broadcasting Corporation"s Play for Today, as Norah Palmer in the James MacTaggart-directed Robin Redbreast (1970), a Christmas supernatural thriller by John Bowen and Dennis Potter"s play Schmoedipus (1974). She appeared in The Jewel in the Crown (1984) and featured in Anna of the Five Towns (1985) a 4-part British Broadcasting Corporation period drama.
Her last television cr is for an episode of Midsomer Murders entitled Death"s Shadow (1999).
