- She appeared in more than 500 radio plays and was a member of the BBC Repertory Company.
- In 1950, she co-authored a play, 'Always Afternoon', and, in the 1970's, wrote two popular children's books.
- Older sister of ballerina and actress Moyra Fraser.
- Daughter of John Newton Mappin Fraser who worked for Mappin and Webb Company.
- She attended St. Christopher's School in Kingswood, Surrey, England and was awarded a scholarship to the Croydon Repertory Theatre in Croydon, Surrey where she made her debut in 1938.
- Made her theatrical debut in 1944 at the Comedy Theatre in London. Achieved national popularity as the matriarch of the TV series A Family at War (1970), set in Liverpool during the Second World War.
- Although she was born in England, both her sister Moyra Fraser, and her "Star Wars" successor, Bonnie Piesse, were born in Australia.
- She was in the first British tour of Who's Afraid of Virgnia Woolf.
- She is of Irish/ Scottish parents.
- Graduated from drama school into the West End in This Was a Woman,.
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