 She subsequently returned to Edgworth until she was 15, when she moved to a children's home hostel in London, training as a typist while still attending school.After a course at the Lucie Clayton School and Model Agency, she became a photographic model for pin-up magazines like "Reveille" and "Titbits".She was subsequently spotted by Bill Watts, who ran a theatrical agency and obtained for her a number of uncredited roles in various late 1950s British films.