[1][better source needed] Brown was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Brown was prompted to leave university after she auditioned for the U.S. touring company of the musical Hair and landed the part of Sheila.
[6] In 1976, Brown played Sister Anna in the musical Mardi Gras (which opened on 18 March at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London).
This led her to musician Alan Hawkshaw (of Emile Ford and the Checkmates, The Shadows and Love De-Luxe), who signed her for an album deal.
In need of a new producer in the early 1980s, Brown crossed the paths of Ian Levine and Fiachra Trench in 1983.
In the two years following Manpower, Brown appeared in stage productions of Only in America, the Leiber and Stoller Musical; The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and One Mo' Time, as well as in numerous international clubs, but did not release any more albums until 1985.
[8][better source needed] Later songs include "On the Radio", "Footprints in the Sand" and "This Time It's Real", all with Nightmare Records.
She can be heard on the London cast recordings of Elegies for Angels, Punks and Raging Queens (1993) and Fame (1995) (as Miss Sherman, the English teacher).
In 2008, she appeared in the film How To Lose Friends & Alienate People as Harding's assistant, alongside Jeff Bridges.