Her mother was Miss Walton from Dublin and her father Mr Dalton was an actor.

She was acting when a young teenager and found work but little opportunity on the York circuit.

The following year she made her first appearance in London at The Haymarket where she played Lydia in The Love Chase on 16 April 1838.

He would appear with her when she played Countess Wintersen in The Stranger, Nerissa in The Merchant of Venice, and Virginia in James Sheridan Knowles's Virginius.

On 9 December she opened as Marianna in "The Wife; A Tale of Mantua " again by Knowles with her husband as Leonardo Gonzago.