 She was the subject of "This Is Your Life" in 1974 when she was surprised by Eamonn Andrews at the Strand Theatre.Kent made her last public appearance in June 2011, when she was honoured by the British Film Institute on her 90th birthday.Kent died in the West Suffolk Hospital, Bury St. Edmunds on 30 November 2013, following a fall at her home in Westhorpe.