One daughter, Chrystall, who was born in 1947 and died in 1999.
During the 1940's, was briefly a model and the face of Lux soap.
Acted on stage and in BBC radio plays and was a leading lady of British films in 1930's. Her most highly regarded performance was in the Michael Powell-directed drama The Edge of the World (1937).
Her stage debut was in "Crime" in 1928.
Educated at Preston School for Girls and Westbourne High School. Trained for acting at RADA in 1927, where one of her fellow students was Charles Laughton.
Destroyed her birth certificate in order to claim to be younger than her actual age.