[1] She was in the original cast of the 1934 ballet Bar aux Folies-Bergère by Ballet Rambert, alongside Alicia Markova, Frederick Ashton, Pearl Argyle, Diana Gould, Elisabeth Schooling and Leslie Edwards[5] Her first important role created specifically by her was the title role of Andrée Howard's 1939 Lady Into Fox.

Howard was unable to dance the part herself due to illness, and Marie Rambert suggested Gilmour.

Helped by extensive coaching and Nadia Benois' costume designs, she successfully conveyed the transformation from Mrs Tebrick into a wild vixen.

Originally scheduled for six months, it extended to 18, due to the absence of bookings back home and the ending of their Arts Council funding.

[4] They moved to London in 1970, and in 1997 Sally Gilmour, now a widow suffering Alzheimer's disease, returned to Australia.