[3] The company included Eileen Herlie, Gordon Jackson, Duncan Macrae, and Nicholas Parsons.

[1][3] Her "greatest triumph" was said to be at the Edinburgh Festival of 1948 where she played Dame Sensualite in Tyrone Guthrie's production of A Satire of the Three Estates at the Assembly Hall.

[1][3] She appeared in London's West End in Eric Linklater's plays Love in Albania in 1949 and The Mortimer Touch in 1952.

[1] Her portrayal of Bessie Burgess in West End revival of The Plough and the Stars in 1962 was "a notable hit".

[1] Urquhart's first film role was in the 1955 comedy Geordie with Alastair Sim under the direction of Fred Zinnerman.

[4][1] This was the beginning of numerous films that Urquhart made with Zinnerman; others included as Geordie (1955), The Nun's Story (1959), The Sundowners (1960), and A Man For All Seasons (1966).