West End debut in the musical "Carissimia" in 1948. Between 1950 and 1954, appeared in many Shakespearean roles, including "King Lear", "Much Ado About Nothing", "Othello" and "Caesar and Cleopatra". Cast by John Gielgud in the part of Olivia in "Twelft Night" (1955), in Stratford-Upon-Avon. Played Lady Macbeth with the Old Vic company in 1961.