- Was in a three-year relationship with philosopher A.J. Ayer as well as a later one with author Graham Greene.
- Was in a relationship with playwright John Osborne in the late 1950s and was costume designer for his films Look Back in Anger (1959) and The Entertainer (1960).
- Australian-born designer for both the stage and Oscar-nominated film, in London from 1949.
- Assisted designer Roger K. Furse on his film The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).
- Her 1987 autobiography was entitled "The Painted Banquet."
- She was well acquainted with Raymond Chandler during the last few years of his life, following the death of his much-older wife, Cissy. In her autobiography, she speculated that Chandler's marriage had never been consummated and that Chandler had possibly died a virgin. (This has never been confirmed).
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