 The turning point in her career came when she was given a dramatic part in the Gainsborough melodrama film "Fanny by Gaslight" (1944).She played a part turned down by Margaret Lockwood – the childhood friend of Phyllis Calvert who becomes the mistress of James Mason.The movie, also starring Stewart Granger, was popular in Britain and established Kent as Gainsborough's back up to Margaret Lockwood.