She learned how to be an actress at the Central School of Drama. After that, she did repertory theater in Chesterfield and York.
The actress worked for a long time on stage, TV, and movies. She was best known for her roles in plays by Shakespeare, Chekhov, and Pinter.
A big part she played, though, was Miss Moneypenny in the James Bond movie Never Say Never Again (1983), which starred Sean Connery.
It was well known that she did voice work for the company Big Finish, which made audio dramas.