[1] Benton had some minor roles on TV such as Z-Cars in 1970, and The Juggler of Notre Dame (1970).
[2] With the conclusion of The Onedin Line Benton's career as a television actor largely ended, although she did appear in a drama-documentary shot in Austria in which she played Queen Anne.
[citation needed] Benton also did a selection of plays at Salisbury Playhouse, inaugurated in 1976.[when?]
In 1977, Benton was living with her husband, Charlie Waite, a photographer and ex-actor, and their two-year-old daughter in South Kensington.
[4] Benton was active in the women's rights movement of the 1970s, and in campaigns for wildlife conservation.