She was born in Birr, County Offaly, Irish Free State.

[1] She is best known for playing Maid Marian in the 1950s TV version of The Adventures of Robin Hood.

She left the show in 1957, after 78 episodes, to avoid type-casting, and was replaced by Patricia Driscoll.

[2][3] She played an English school mistress, Miss Harper, in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1949), Jessie Bond in The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) and Peg Curtis in the boxing film The Square Ring (1953).

[4] She was married to the film writer, director and producer Frank Launder from 1950 until his death in 1997.