In 1975, she co-starred with Reg Varney in a failed sitcom called "Down the Gate" and, in 1981, appeared in and co-wrote, the ITV comedy series "Chintz". In 1985, she played Nurse in "Romeo and Juliet" with the Royal Shakespeare Company and her other credits with the RSC in the mid to late-1980s included Maria in "Twelfth Night", First Witch in "Macbeth", Glinda/Aunt Em in "The Wizard of Oz" and Parthy Ann in an Opera North version of "Show Boat". In 2001 she returned to the RSC to play Mrs Medlock in its musical of "The Secret Garden", directed by Adrian Noble.