In 1936 she was working on the opera film Pagliacci with the director Karl Grune, who, caught up in technical matters, asked Toye to direct the actors for him.
[6] On 6 January 1958, she appeared as Roy Plomley's guest on the BBC Radio programme Desert Island Discs.
[9] Toye collaborated with the cartoonist and illustrator Ronald Searle on the stage play Wild Thyme (1955), and then on two films: On The Twelfth Day (1955) and The King’s Breakfast (1963).
[10] Based on a poem by A A Milne, The King's Breakfast, with music by Ron Grainer, tells of a quest to find an appropriate spread for the royal bread.
On its re-release in 2022, The Guardian described it as "a half-hour banquet of uproarious slapstick, dance and mime, with pantomime sets and costumes".
[4] She was awarded the Silver Jubilee Medal in 1977, and appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1992 for services to the arts.