 Watling was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her Broadway debut in the short-lived "Georgy" in 1970.It proved to be her sole Broadway credit.Other stage credits include the musical "Pickwick" (1964), an adaptation of Dickens's "The Pickwick Papers"; the role of the Beggar Woman in the 1980 London cast of "Sweeney Todd" in the West End; and the West End multi-media Dave Clark rock musical "Time" (1986).