Her stage roles include Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew 1961, Cordelia in King Lear 1964, and Heloiese in Abelard and Heloiese 1970; television roles include Emma Peel in The Avengers 1965-67, Clytemnestra in The Serpent Son 1979, and Lady Deadlock in Bleak House 1985. She became the hostess for Mystery Theater on US public television 1989.