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) .
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.