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McGee enjoyed music and dressing up from an early age, so her mother enrolled her in a dance school when she was seven.

She attended Our Lady Immaculate RC Primary School in Tolworth, Surrey followed by Tolworth Girls ' School, a secondary school also in Tolworth, Surrey.

At 16 McGee auditioned for and won a place at the Royal Ballet School.

After graduating, she joined the Iranian National Ballet in Tehran.

Aged 19, she became part of the Corps de Ballet and later a soloist, but her ballet career was brought to an abrupt halt by the Islamic Revolution.

She was forced to flee the country and ended up returning to the UK with little in the way of money and possessions.

Seeking new work she auditioned for the Bernard Delfont Organisation, which was responsible for a number of big summer resort shows and touring productions.