With the death of Diana Rigg on September 10, 2020, she is the last surviving regular cast member of The Avengers (1961).
Awarded the 1993 Drama Logue Award for Performance in "Money and Friends" in presented by the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle (University of California) Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Moved to London at age 16 to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) on scholarship. She later shortened her married name (by her first husband, Barry Bergthorson) as her stage name.