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After hospitalisation Blackman began counselling, which would last for years, and began rebuilding her career.

Blackman suffered a nervous breakdown following her divorce from Bill Sankey, a man 12 years her senior, who's jealousy, fraudulent business practices, and emptying of her bank accounts took it's toll.

She debuted with Fame Is the Spur (1947), starring Michael Redgrave. She continued with roles in 'The Gleam' (1946) and 'The Blind Goddess' (1947), before moving into film. Blackman received her first acting work on stage in London's West End as an understudy in 'The Guinea Pig'. She was also a dispatch rider for the Home Office during World War II, playing an important role in the war effort. She received elocution lessons for her 16th birthday (at her own request), and later attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, which she paid for by working as a clerical assistant in the Civil Service. One of four children, Blackman was born in London's East End, to Edith Eliza (Stokes), a homemaker, and Frederick Thomas Blackman, a statistician employed with the Civil Service.

Former cast wild at heart honor blackman