Diagnosed with breast cancer in 1984, thereupon undergoing a mastectomy.
Originally trained as a dancer.
She had an adopted son with David McCallum, Jason (born 1963). He died of an accidental drug overdose in 1989.
She had one daughter, Zuleika Bronson, with Charles Bronson.
Was introduced to her second husband, Charles Bronson, by her first, David McCallum during the filming of The Great Escape (1963).