Daughter of actor-manager Robert Courtneidge (????-6 April 1939)
She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1951 King's Honours List before being awarded Dame Commander of the the Order of the British Empire in the 1972 Queen's Honours List for her services to drama.
She was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium in Golders Green, London, England.