She developed a drinking problem in the early 1970s following the death
of her third husband and became a recluse.
The highest-paid actress in England during the 1930s, she suffered from
camera fright.
Britain's answer to Jean Harlow was dubbed the "Aluminum Blonde" during her
peak; however, she turned into a redhead when she returned to films in
the post-war years.
Reared and stage-trained in South Africa, this statuesque blonde appeared in several UK films of the early 1930s before going to Hollywood, where she performed in a number of films of the 1930s, '40s and '50s.