Josephine Douglas

As a teenager she produced a fundraising performance of Hansel and Gretel to raise funds for the air force in the Second World War.

[3] She joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) as a wireless mechanic in 1944, During her service she appeared in and staged camp shows which led to a wartime grant to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1947, She was spotted there by Alfred Hitchcock who gave he a minor role in his next film, Stage Fright (1950).

[7] She returned to drama to produce the long-running ITV soap Emergency Ward 10 and successfully increased its viewership by bringing in better known actors.

[citation needed] Her other works as producer include Our Miss Fred (1972), Dracula AD 1972 (1972) and Virgin of the Secret Service (1968).

Jo Douglas continued to produce TV and film into the 1980s but died from cancer on 12 July 1988 at her home in White Briars, Slinfold, Sussex at the age of 61.