[1] She joined Ronald Frankau's "Cabaret Kittens" concert party, and at an engagement in Newquay met Douglas Young.
[2] They started working together, making their first appearances on experimental BBC television programmes in 1932,[3] and married the following year.
They developed an act, scripted by Young, consisting of short comic sketches in which they represented various characters, and also highlighted Kenway's piano playing.
[6] They also appeared, developing the same characters, in the popular satirical revue programme Howdy Folks?, written by Douglas Young and Eric Barker.
[7] As well as their frequent radio appearances during the Second World War,[3] they toured France, India and south east Asia as part of ENSA, and were the opening act at the special Radio Command Performance held in 1942 to celebrate Princess Elizabeth's sixteenth birthday.