- 1955: Made her first trip to the United States to play Mrs. Lucy Drayton, in Alfred Hitchcock's remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956).
- Her father was a musician, whose orchestra appeared several times before Queen Victoria.
- Won the coveted Clarance Dewent Award for Best Acting Performance of the Year for her role in the thriller "Murder Mistaken". This production was her West End debut.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1958 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Features Actress (Dramatic) for "The Entertainer," a part that she recreated in the film version of the same name, The Entertainer (1960) .
- Used to sing in a Manchester choir.
- Aunt of actress Lois De Banzie.
- During her lifetime, her birth-date was usually given as 1915 or 1916, and she was reported in many obituaries to have been 65 at the time of her death.
- Mother of Antony Marsh.
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