Her television credits include
Maigret,
The Saint,
Danger Man,
Compact,
Doctor Who (in the serial
Galaxy 4), and ''
Monty Python's Flying Circus. When sketches from the show were performed on stage in Monty Python Live at Drury Lane'', she played the parts originally performed by
Carol Cleveland, who was unavailable at the time. She screen tested for
Emma Peel's replacement on
The Avengers. She also acted in films such as
Mister Ten Per Cent (1967), ''
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967) and Quest for Love (1971). She was frequently credited on Monty Python's Flying Circus'' as '
Mrs Idle'. She was later a cast member of the early 1990s soap opera
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