From 1950, Laye appeared in numerous West End revues, including "And So to Bed", "Intimacy at 8.30", "For Amusement Only", and "High Spirits". In 1954, she played the first Dulcie in "The Boy Friend" on Broadway alongside Julie Andrews, with whom she shared a Manhattan flat during the run. At this time she dated a young actor called James Garner. In 1957, she began appearing in films more regularly, including one of the schoolgirls in "Blue Murder at St Trinian's" and a married vamp trying to seduce Dirk Bogarde in "Doctor at Large". In 1959 she played Girl in the park, in the Norman Wisdom film Follow a Star. She also appeared with Ian Carmichael in the West End comedy "The Tunnel of Love" and was directed by Joan Littlewood in "Make Me An Offer".