- Known for her impressive abdominal musculature, she appeared in press advertisements for the Slendertone body toning system.
- Her husband Mike Margolis, is also her music director.
- Great-niece of Ida Barr.
- Starred with George Sewell in a tour of Agatha Christie's 'The Verdict'.
- She was dancing in Paris when she was offered a 6 month contract in Las Vegas.
- Hit #120 on the Billboard Singles Charts in 1967 with "Just Loving You" (Columbia 44236)
- For the belly dance she does in the film Follow that Camel she trained for 6 weeks .
- Won the TV Times award for Most Popular Female Entertainer for her role of Witch Nitty in the children's show 'Jumbleland'.
- Her first album was 'Somebody's in my Orchard' which was the Critic's Choice for Album of the Year in 1967. Her single 'Just Loving You' reached no 6 in the charts and retains the record for the longest stay in the Top Twenty of over 15 months.
- Graduated from the Hampshire School of drama but made her name as a singer.
- Her role as Corktip in 'Follow That Camel' was a pun of Claudette Colbert's character 'Cigarette' in the film 'Under Two Flags'.
- Represented Britain at the San Remo song festival wining a Gold Medal.
- Played Peter Pan at the National and returned to the role in The Millennium Peter Pan.
- She started her career by skating.
- Spent 3 years with the Cliff Adams Singers.
- She married Michael Margolis on 7th May 1973.
- She has 2 brothers- Phillip and David and 2 sisters.
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