Bridget Veronica Turleigh was born on 14 January 1903 at Castleforward Demesne, County Donegal, Ireland.

[1] Turleigh was the daughter of a member of the Royal Irish Constabulary, Martin Turley.

[4] Turleigh acted alongside and was close friends with actors such as Alec Guinness and Robert Coote.

"[1] In 1939 she played Gertrude in Tyrone Guthrie's modern-dress and uncut Hamlet at The Old Vic with Alec Guinness in the title role.

[6] Turleigh died on 3 September 1971, following a fall into a scalding bath at the couple's home, The Glebe, Blackheath, London.