She left school in Brighton at sixteen and went to secretarial college, but was allowed to help organise the Royal Cinema in Deal.

[2] The Screen on the Green was comprehensively modernised in February 1981 by architects Fletcher Priest,[3] who used chrome and glass to restyle the building.

The first-night audience included Richard Attenborough, Laurence Olivier and Brian Forbes.

[4] The cinema screened important films including Picnic at Hanging Rock, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Nashville, Taxi Driver and Pink Flamingoes.

She owned the rights in the UK to films including Maîtresse, The Fourth Man, This Is Spinal Tap, My Beautiful Laundrette, Pee-wee's Big Adventure and The Loveless.