I got a divorce eleven years later on the grounds of cruelty, which is still not easy in England.

But I had promised my husband never to accept another engagement. It was not a very happy time for me.

It was one of the marvellous feelings of the film, having the music going in your head while doing scenes.

I got a divorce eleven years later on the grounds of cruelty, which is still not easy in England.

Over my desk hangs a poster from The Railway Children that my husband had framed for me. It is so lovely to see the children smiling as they run down the railway track.

What a thrill it was to play opposite Maurice Evans in this brilliant, dazzling musical, based on the life of two of the greatest personalities in stage history.

I actually enjoy wearing the corsets required in some period films.