Was the first of the original TARDIS crew to leave Doctor Who (1963), after
eighteen months of playing Susan Foreman. She returned to the role of
Susan for the twentieth anniversary story: The Five Doctors (1983).
Left the acting profession to concentrate on her family.
As of 10/99 she was a vocal coach in London,l England.
After leaving Doctor Who (1963), she made a guest appearance in a detective drama as prostitute. When the episode aired, she received angry letters from parents of children who watched her.