[4] She attended Durham High School for Girls, initially as a day pupil and later as a boarder, which she revisited in October 2007 to open a new building that had been named after her.
When she was twelve years old the family moved to Picton, North Yorkshire and she attended nearby Yarm Grammar School.
[6][7] In 1956, Craig appeared in the West End alongside Robertson Hare in John Dighton's farce Man Alive!.
[12] Twenty years later, she played Matron in ITV's The Royal (2003–2011)[13] and she also made several appearances in the 2002 adaptation of John Galsworthy's novel The Forsyte Saga.
However, she has continued to be associated with comedy, having taken one of the leading roles as Annie in Brighton Belles (1993–1994), the UK's short-lived version of The Golden Girls.
[22] During her marriage with Bentley, she had two sons: Alaster, who was later principal oboist for the Birmingham Royal Ballet Sinfonia[22] and, as the result of an affair with John Mortimer, Ross, an IT consultant.