She performed in Alan Melville, Simon Phipps, Paul Dehn, and Herbret Farjeon's revue, "Penny Plain," at the St. Martin's Theatre in London, England with Joyce Grenfell, Elisabeth Welch, Max Adrian, Desmond Walter-Ellis, Moyra Fraser, Julian Orchard, and Jimmy Thompson in the cast. Laurier Lister was director. Richard Addinsell, Donald Swann, Charles Zwar, Clifton Parker, and Sandy Wilson were the composers. Joyce Grenfell and Michael Flanders were lyricists. Hutchinson Scott, Oscbert Lancaster, and Ronald Searle were set designers.
Began her career as a soprano in 1939, and for 12 years performed on
the English operatic stage, mainly with the Sadler's Wells and English
Opera companies.
