Shirley Dynevor

[1][2] She attended Hereford Grammar School for Girls and afterwards worked as a rep in Pontypridd before moving to London.

[1] In 1953, she was invited to join the Theatre Workshop, where she would later meet her future husband Gerard Dynevor.

Between 1953 and 1959, she performed in many productions with the workshop at Theatre Royal Stratford East including A Christmas Carol (1953), The Dutch Courtesan (1954), Richard II (1954) and An Italian Straw Hat (1955).

Other television roles included Scotland Yard, Armchair Theatre, Family Solicitor, The Liars, Crown Court and The Wednesday Play.

[1][5] After her husband's death in 1966, Dynevor had to step away from acting to look after her two sons, but continued to take the occasional role, such as in 1976, when she starred as Eva Braun in Rogue Male.