Later in her career, under her married name, "Hilary Heath", she produced the feature film An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), as well as TV remakes of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca (1997) and Tennessee Williams's The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003).

[2] As a youth, Hilary practised ballet and became a talented pianist,[4] winning a music scholarship to Lowther College in North Wales.

[3] At age 16 she attended the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (now part of the Central School of Speech and Drama) in London.

[6] Dwyer is best known for appearing in several horror films distributed by American International Pictures in the late 1960s and early 1970s, most notably her first feature film, Michael Reeves' Witchfinder General (1968), starring Vincent Price, in which she played Sara Lowes, and gave a "sensitive performance...intelligent and articulate".

Her many television roles included The Prisoner, The Avengers, Hadleigh, Z-Cars,[5] and Van der Valk.

In 1970 she appeared in The Importance of Being Earnest and in Arms and the Man at the Theatre Royal, Bath, and later on tour with the Bristol Old Vic.

The relationship was later described by Duncan Heath as "a nightmare", in part because of her strong personality and also because she had begun to drink heavily.

[6] She also produced TV-remakes of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca (1997) and Tennessee Williams's The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (2003).

[3] In her mid 60s Dywer returned to education, studying cognitive behaviour therapy for a master's degree at the University of Oxford, and forging a new career as an addiction counsellor.

[15] The health crisis caused by the virus meant that Dwyer's funeral did not take place as she had hoped or planned.

[14] Daniel Heath is a Los Angeles-based film composer, writing songs for artists such as Lana Del Rey.