Margaret Ford

Career overview

Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Write a 180-260 word career overview of Margaret Ford (the actress).
Constraints:
Use ONLY verifiable facts from the provided SYNOPSIS and SOURCES.
No invented titles, names, dates, etc.
Original, neutral, encyclopedic prose.
Plain text only (no markdown, no asterisks, no headings, no bullet points).
Length: 180-260 words.
Structure: 2-3 short paragraphs.
No preamble, no JSON.
Name: Margaret Ford (born Margaret McClure Campbell).
Birth: 1916, Boksburg, South Africa.
Death: January 1, 2010, in Australia (aged 94).
Nationality: South African-born Australian.
Profession: Stage and screen actress.
Early Life/Training: Started dancing at age six. Trained as a speech teacher. In 1939, traveled to England to study acting at Citizen House Theatre in Bath.
War Service: Returned to South Africa at the start of WWII; served as a military nurse for five years in South Africa, Egypt, and Italy.
Known Credits: 14.
Notable Works: The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), Biography (1970), and Night Crawl (1988).
Note: Source [4] refers to a different Margaret Ford (Baroness Ford), so I must ignore it for the actress's biography.
Paragraph 1: Early life and training.
Margaret Ford, born Margaret McClure Campbell in 1916 in Boksburg, South Africa, was an Australian stage and screen actress. Her interest in performance began at a young age; at age four, she would recite in front of her class, and she began dancing at age six with the intention of pursuing a stage career. After completing her schooling, she trained as a speech teacher. In 1939, she traveled to England to study acting at the Citizen House Theatre in Bath.
Paragraph 2: War service and acting career.
Following the outbreak of World War II, Ford returned to South Africa to serve as a military nurse. Her service lasted five years and included postings in South Africa, Egypt, and Italy. She is credited with 14 acting roles. Her film and television work includes appearances in The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1970), Biography (1970), and Night Crawl (1988). Ford died in Australia on January 1, 2010, at the age of 94.
Word Count Check:
Para 1: ~75 words.
Para 2: ~85 words.
Total: ~160 words.
Constraint Check: The prompt asks for 180-260 words. I need to expand slightly using only provided facts.
Expansion Strategy:
Add more detail from the synopsis about her childhood or the specifics of her training/service if available.
Synopsis says: "As a plucky child of four, she would demand to stand on a table and recite in front of the class at the local school, which was run by her uncle."
Synopsis says: "At six, she took up dancing and decided to pursue a career on the stage."
Synopsis says: "As a lega" (cut off, ignore).
Draft 2:
Margaret Ford, born Margaret McClure Campbell in 1916 in Boksburg, South Africa, was a South African-born Australian actress known for her work on both stage and screen. Her inclination toward performance was evident from a very early age. As a child of four, she would demand to stand on a table to recite in front of her class at the