 This was followed by a wide range of regional work, including "Stop the World - I Want to Get Off" for the Queen's Theatre, Rosalind in "As You Like It" at the Bolton Octagon, "The Wings of the Dove" for the BBC, and "The Fatal Weakness" opposite Elaine Stritch at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.In December 1977, Eichhorn met with John Schlesinger for the role of Lancashire shop-girl Jean Moreton in his wartime romance, "Yanks".She convinced him she was British and he gave her a screen test and, subsequently, the part.