Asher also starred in Alfie, Deep End, Brideshead Revisited, Crossroads, Death at a Funeral, and Waterloo Road. She was nominated for BAFTA Awards for Best Supporting Actress in 1972 and Best Actress in 1983. Asher wrote three best-selling novels and has published over a dozen books including on cake decorating. She has her own brand of kitchenware and is President of the National Autistic Society. She interviewed the Beatles in 1963 and had a five-year relationship with Paul McCartney before discovering him in bed with Francie Schwartz. Jane later married illustrator Gerald Scarfe and had three children together.