in the 1970s, ramsay acted at laurence olivier's national theatre, in peter shaffer's "equus", "the misanthrope", with alec mccowen and diana rigg, and as joan plowright's sister in olivier's acclaimed production of jb priestley's "eden end". on the first night of "eden end", taking a curtain call with olivier and priestley himself, she said to herself quietly: "lou, i think you've just peaked."