The Internet had yielded up a mass of material on the former Rose Indigo, with even an entry in Wikipedia. He read: ‘Roseanna Jane Austin (Rose Indigo) was born August 15, 1937, at Chelmsford, Essex, first daughter of Michael Austin, architect, and his wife Francesca. On the outbreak of war her father was called up and later killed at Tobruk. She moved with her mother and elder brother, Liam, to the West Country in 1941, where she attended Torquay High School until the age of eighteen. She had meanwhile joined the Torquay Players where she shone in younger roles such as Juliet and Titania. On leaving school she auditioned for the Sidmouth Repertory Company and was immediately accepted. She spent two years at Sidmouth playing leading parts in The Constant Nymph, The Importance of Being Earnest and Hedda Gabler, but her career in films began when Scott Levinson, a talent scout for David Selznick Studios, came to Devon and saw her act. Her first role for Selznick was in 1958 as Chloe in Pull Down the Stars.
