Retired from acting in 2003 to run a bar in Benidorm; she was discovered by Benidorm (2007) writer Daran Little there and he wrote the role of Janey York especially for her.
Delivered her daughter Tracy 3 months prematurely after being pushed down the stairs by her husband Philip, which brought on her labour.
Became pregnant by her husband Philip 4 times between 1975 and 1980; on all occasions she suffered miscarriages.
Daughter of Edward (b. 1936) and Margaret (née Bryan) Murray (1938-1991).