Acting
Born in Bolton, Lancashire, Dawson spent part of her childhood in Tanganyika, where her father worked. She attended the Elmhurst Ballet School and after training at the Central School of Speech and Drama she learned her craft by playing in repertory theatre companies.
Dawson went on to star in several West End musicals. She featured in episodes of Dixon of Dock Green during the 1960s, The Benny Hill Show during the 1980s, and played Hyacinth Bucket's sister Violet ("the one with the Mercedes, sauna and room for a pony") in the final series of the sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, though her char…

Kenny Everett - The Complete Naughty Bits
as Carla
Benny Hill - Unseen
as Various/Archive footage

Benny Hill's World Tour: New York!
as Self/Various Roles

Bloodbath at the House of Death
as Nurse

Gabrielle and the Doodleman
as Wicked Witch

Down at the Hydro
as Wife

If You Go Down in the Woods Today
as Courting Woman

Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
as Glam

The Girl from Starship Venus
as Store Manageress

O Lucky Man!
as Becky

Keeping Up Appearances
as Violet · 3 ep.
The New Statesman
as Enid Vance · 6 ep.

Benny Hill Show
78 ep.
The Crowther Collection
6 ep.

Blankety Blank
as Self · 5 ep.

The Kenny Everett Video Show
4 ep.
Life Begins at Forty
as Jill Simpson · 4 ep.
Larry Grayson
14 ep.

The Benny Hill Show
58 ep.