He had come a long way from working at Elstree Studios in 1948 in support of newcomer Richard Todd in The Hasty Heart. A few years later, Elstree Studios were casting for an unknown to star in a film, and the late Bob Lennard, my old friend, was the casting director. Bob persuaded the ABPC Board, which ran Elstree Studios, to sign her to a three-year contract at £12 a week with a guarantee of one film a year. Tragically, whilst still only in her early sixties, Audrey was struck down by terminal cancer and the world mourned her passing in 1993. Elstree Studios benefited financially but lost out on not using a talented young lady.