[2] She was musical, a singer and pianist, and held an ATCL diploma from Trinity Guildhall as a piano teacher.

[3] Thomas' stage credits beginning in the 1940s[9][10] included a number of roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company during the 1960s in productions directed by Peter Hall, including The Comedy of Errors, Richard II,[11] Richard III,[12] Henry V and Henry VI, Part 2, supporting David Warner, Roy Dotrice, Ian Holm, and Peggy Ashcroft, among others.

[13] In 1977, she played a zither[6] as a "venomous elder" in Tales from the Vienna Woods at the Royal National Theatre.

[17] Her television credits from the late 1940s into the 1980s included parts in shows such as Dixon of Dock Green, Coronation Street, Angels, "Shoestring " and When the Boat Comes In.

[18] Madoline Mary Price married John W. H. "Jack" Thomas in 1917;[1] they had a son.