 After a support role in "Carnival" (1946) with Michael Wilding, Kent was the female lead in "The Man Within" (1947), a costume adventure from a novel by Graham Greene.Kent had a good part in "The Loves of Joanna Godden" (1947) and was given a star role in "Good-Time Girl" (1948), a melodrama about a girl who goes off the rails.Kent was top billed as one of several names in "Bond Street" (1948) and was the female lead in a thriller "Sleeping Car to Trieste" (1948), playing a spy.