[3] She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School and studied theatre at the Old Vic in the early 1930s.

[3] One of Judith Furse's earliest film roles was as Sister Briony in Black Narcissus (1947).

[3] She was known for her heavy-set, somewhat masculine looks, and was often cast as overbearing types such as the villainous Doctor Crow in Carry On Spying (1964).

[6] One of her more sympathetic roles was as Flora, Greer Garson's concerned travelling companion, in the original Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939).

[6] In 1958, she, Roger Livesey, Terry-Thomas, Rita Webb, Avril Angers, and Miles Malleson, recorded 'Indian Summer of an Uncle', and 'Jeeves Takes Charge' for the Caedmon Audio record label, (Caedmon Audio TC-1137).