- A staunch advocate for animal rights, she set up the ABC Animal Sanctuary near Pulborough in West Sussex.
- Appeared on the cover of the album "Rank" (1988) by the British alternative band The Smiths. The image originally appeared in the book "Birds of Britain".
- Her childhood ambition was to become a vet. At age 16, she entered a "teenage diplomat" competition organized by a newspaper, beating 4,000 finalists to win a role in a comedy thriller, 13 Frightened Girls (1963).
- Gained 9 GCE O-levels and 4 A-levels at school
- Later in life, she became president of her local branch of the RSPCA, and founded the Alexandra Bastedo Champions (ABC) Animal Sanctuary in West Sussex.
- She and her husband were long-standing friends of the United Kingdom's King Charles III.
- Attended the Brighton School of Drama.
- She has two younger siblings, Penelope and Lindsay born in Sussex in 1948 and 1950.
- She made her .London West End debut in 1972.
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