She was under a five-year contract to make films (of which Bikini Baby (1951) was the first) but her fiancé at the time wanted her to give up acting. Although she later broke off that engagement, she had already broken her film contract which harmed her future career prospects.
Born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, to Leslie Stroud, an accountant, and Daisy (née Waters).
Blue-eyed dancer and model, chosen from hundreds of contestants to star in Lady Godiva Rides Again (1951).