Can be seen playing Mistress Quickly with her sister Hermione Baddeley as Doll Tearsheet in Henry IV (episode 3) in the DVD box "An Age of Kings - the History Plays of William Shakespeare".
English character actress, best known as the often irritable cook from the long-running television series, "Upstairs, Downstairs" (1971). Started her theatrical acting career at the age of eleven at the Old Vic in "Richard III", playing the juvenile "Duke of York". Toured with the Shakespeare Memorial Company in "Romeo and Juliet" in 1958.
Mother of daughter, with director Stephen Thomas, in her first marriage.
Mother of Juliet Shaw (born in 1934) with Glen Byam Shaw.
Older sister of Hermione Baddeley.
She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1976 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to drama.