Although she played Timothy West and Felicity Kendal's mother in "Edward the King" (1975), she is only eight months and twelve years their senior respectively in real life.
Mother of Selina Griffiths
Patron of the Celia Cross Greyhound Trust.
She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1998 Queen's New Years Honors List for her services to Drama.
Was offered the role of Queen Victoria in Doctor Who:Tooth and Claw . Pauline Collins won the role.