In 1923, she sang and danced in the musical revue The Beauty Prize at the Winter Garden Theatre.

In March 1924, whilst travelling to the south of France on a short holiday with the actor and comedian Leslie Henson, Thatcher was a passenger on a Riviera Express train that derailed four miles outside of Lyon, killing three.

The sleeping berth directly above her had been empty at the time of the crash and acted as a canopy when the carriages collided, protecting her from more serious injury.

Jack Buchanan, Austin Trevor and Coral Browne teamed with Thatcher in Canaries Sometimes Sing (1947).

Produced by Firth Shephard, the theatrical presentation opened in Blackpool and moved to London a month later.

The theme concerns a Highland laird who falls in love with a hedonistic London heiress.

Thatcher sued Gloria Swanson British Productions for breach of contract in a suit that was settled in December 1933.

The Deep Blue Sea, screenplay written by Terence Rattigan, featured Vivien Leigh and Kenneth More.

Thatcher depicted Aunt May Luton in Josephine and Men, a comedy starring Glynis Johns and Peter Finch.

[1][2] In her will, she left bequests to various charities, including the NSPCC, Help the Aged and the Royal National Institute for the Blind.