Annabel Leventon was born in Hertfordshire. While reading English at Oxford she made several appearances at the Playhouse and toured France as Desdemona in the Oxford University Drama Society's production of 'Othello'. She then joined the Fourbeats pop group, played at the Edinburgh Festival and continued in various other OUDS productions. On obtaining her BA she gained a grant to LAMDA and made her professional stage debut in Leicester. In December 1967 she left for America where she joined Tom O' Horgan's La Mama Troupe in New York and worked with them for seven months before returning to Britain. She was in the original London cast of 'Hair' at the Shaftesbury Theatre, which was also directed by Tom O'Horgan. She has also appeared in the London production of 'The Rocky Horror Show' and made numerous television appearances.