George joined the cast of
Crossroads in 1965 as Amy Turtle. She got the part after apparently complaining to
ATV producers that there were not enough true Birmingham accents. She first appeared on-screen in 1966, working for Kitty Jarvis (Beryl Johnstone) at the newsagent's shop. She later became a cleaning lady at the Crossroads Motel, working for formidable housekeeper Mrs Loomis. Critics derided George's performance;
Crossroads was shot as live, and the low budget meant that the recording could not be edited and retakes were rare. In 1976, George was dropped from
Crossroads; there followed a photograph of her in
The Sun, waving her fists outside the
ATV Studios. In the storyline, Amy was convicted of shoplifting, but only later did the truth become known: that it was a cry for help, as her son Billy had been killed in tragic circumstances. One of her last performances was a storyline in which Amy broke into
Coventry Cathedral at nightfall in order to mourn her son. Following this, the character emigrated to
Texas to live with her nephew and cope with her grief. The character is most famously remembered for a plot that never happened. The storyline of Amy Turtle being arrested for being a Soviet
double agent, Amelia Turtleovski, was never broadcast. Crossroads Appreciation Society researchers, working through the show's script documents, discovered that Amy was never arrested, nor was she accused of any crime – simply that a Russian guest at the motel mistook her for Amelia, and left Amy baffled by his reaction to her. During these years George worked in clubs and pantomimes, before briefly returning to the programme in 1987.
Crossroads was now produced by William Smethurst, who insisted on bringing Amy back in an attempt to boost ratings. It was unsuccessful, and the show was axed the following year. According to
Victoria Wood, the character of Mrs Overall in her
soap opera parody
Acorn Antiques was half-inspired by the Amy Turtle character Mrs Overall, played by
Julie Walters, who hailed from the same town as George, Smethwick. ==Later years and death==