sentences:  In 1952, aged 17, under the auspices of the Oxford University Dramatic Society, Smith began her career as Viola in "Twelfth Night" at the Oxford Playhouse.In 1954, she appeared in the television programme "Oxford Accents" produced by Ned Sherrin.She appeared in her first film in 1956, in an uncredited role in "Child in the House", and made her Broadway debut the same year playing several roles in the review "New Faces of '56", at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre from June to December 1956.