She's called Nell Marmalade, after the little-known children's television series. Among other possibilities were names like Baron, Lord, Sir and Agent. The daughter of a school inspector, Baxendale never planned an acting career. She once said if she wasn't an actress, she'd be an out of work archaeologist. But, given the choice, she would have been a ballerina.
Nothing is quite so powerful as the love of dance.
She was good, but not quite good enough. I might have got into a ballet corps in Germany. There is one in every city, and that's where a lot of English girls go. But she wasn't the right shape. I didn't have long enough legs or sufficient turn-out with my hips.