Background
Cookson was the daughter of racing driver Roger Cookson and Sybil Taylor. Her mother, using the pseudonym Sydney Tremayne, was a novelist and contributed to The Tatler.
Cookson was the daughter of racing driver Roger Cookson and Sybil Taylor. Her mother, using the pseudonym Sydney Tremayne, was a novelist and contributed to The Tatler.
Benenden School; Royal Academy of Dramatic Artist
She died in Sydney, aged 92, on 1 October 2011. Cookson left Benenden School at the age of 15 to train at RADA.