[3] Ure began an acting career at Citizens Theatre in Glasgow,[4] including a role as Cleopatra.

[3] Ure's first major acting part was starring as Desdemona[6] opposite Orson Welles in his 1951 stage production of Othello at St James's Theatre in London.

[7][8] She also appeared in the 1953 film noir 36 Hours under the name Ann Gudrun,[2] due to Orson Welles's inability to pronounce her surname correctly.

She also appeared in The 10th Kingdom as Mrs Murray, the mother of Tony Lewis's tyrannical boss and owner of their apartment building, T-Bag and the Pearls of Wisdom, Midsomer Murders, Casualty and The Crow Road.

[13] In a set of Encyclopædia Britannica-produced educational films about the works of Shakespeare, Ure played the role of Lady Macbeth.