Trivia

Attended RADA in the 1940s, where she was a classmate of Warren Mitchell and Jimmy Perry. Cowling would later make guest appearances in sitcoms co-written by Perry: Dad's Army (1968), It Ain't Half Hot Mum (1974) and Hi-de-Hi! (1980). She then got a regular role in a Perry sitcom when she played Mrs. Lipton in You Rang, M'Lord? (1988).

Retired following a stroke in 2006.

Her father worked in publishing.

Prior to acting, she worked as a secretary for a London stockbroker.