Americans, indeed, often seem to be so overwhelmed by their children that they'll do anything for them except stay married to the co-producer.

Early life
She was educated at the private Roedean School in Brighton Glasgow High School for Girls (closed in the 1970s) and Newnham College Cambridge. Personal life
She married the novelist Gavin Lyall in 1958 in Marlborough a marriage that lasted until his death in 2003.