She is best known for appearing in films such as Straw Dogs (1971) with Dustin Hoffman, Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974) with Peter Fonda, and Mandingo (1975) with Ken Norton.

Cinema writer Leslie Halliwell's rather terse summary of her career was: "British leading lady, former child actress; usually typed as sexpot".

[2] Her lighter side was apparent in some of her TV appearances, such as in an episode ("The Gold Napoleon") of The Persuaders (1971) with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis.

[5] George's international breakthrough was starring opposite Dustin Hoffman in Straw Dogs (1971) a huge box office hit.

[9] Before her marriage, she had a four-year relationship with American singer Jack Jones,[10] and, circa 1980,[11] spent another four years as the partner of casino manager Derek Webster.