- Her play, "Ballad Hunter", at the Chicago Dramatists Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, was nominated for a 2000 Joseph Jefferson Award for New Work.
- British character actress of stage and screen. Educated at Maidstone High School and London University. First job as an advertising copy writer. Theatrical debut with the Brixton Theatre in 'A Bill of Divorcement' (1937). Much active on the West End stage, regional and London fringe theatres, including the Mercury, Embassy and Lyric Hammersmith. Acclaimed for her performance in 'Heartbreak House' (1950) at the Arts Theatre off Leicester Square.
- Her daughter is actress Karin Fernald.
- Daughter-in-law of C.B. Fernald.
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