Beach won a scholarship to
RADA at the age of 16. After leaving, she toured with
Frankie Howerd in
Hotel Paradiso, and then came to London in the title role of
Emlyn Williams's
Beth. This was not a success, but she was soon busily engaged in television work, until she returned to the stage in the
Theatre Workshop company at the
Theatre Royal Stratford East. Among the parts she played there were Rosie in ''
Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be (1960), and Miss Gilchrist in The Hostage. She then played Barbara in Billy Liar'' at the
Cambridge Theatre in September 1960. She was also a member of the
BBC's
Radio Drama Company. ==Personal life==