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Movie
Writing
Fay Weldon
- Born
- Died
- (aged 91)
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, England, UK
- Credits
- 59 titles
Biography
Fay Weldon (born Franklin Birkinshaw; 22 September 1931 – 4 January 2023) was a British author, essayist and playwright.
Over the course of her 55-year writing career, she published 31 novels, including Puffball (1980), The Cloning of Joanna May (1989), Wicked Women (1995) and The Bulgari Connection (2000), but was most well-known as the writer of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (1983) which was televised by the BBC in 1986.
Signature work
Known For
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Movie
7.8
TV
Upstairs, Downstairs
7.0
TV
Pride and Prejudice
3.8
Movie
Puffball
7.2
TV
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
7.2
TV
Omnibus
4.2
TV
Thirty-Minute Theatre
5.6
TV
The South Bank Show
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TV
Armchair Theatre
5.2
TV
The Wednesday Play
4.0
TV
ITV Play of the Week
6.8
TV
Shadows
6.8
Movie
Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife
4.0
TV
Big Women
7.0
TV
ITV Playhouse
7.0
TV
Rooms
6.5
TV
Ladies in Charge
7.5
TV
Half Hour Story
Acting credits 7
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | In Confidence TV | (1 ep) |
| 2007 | The Alan Titchmarsh Show TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1998 | The Garden Party TV | (1 ep) |
| 1994 | Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife Film | Self - Interviewee |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill TV | Self (1 ep) |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show TV | (2 ep) |
| 1967 | Omnibus TV | (1 ep) |
Crew credits 52
| Year | Title | Job |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Mrs. Weekley's Lover Film | Writer |
| 2007 | Puffball Film | Novel |
| 1998 | Big Women TV | Writer, Creator (4 ep) |
| 1992 | Growing Rich TV | Writer (6 ep) |
| 1992 | The Cloning of Joanna May TV | Novel (2 ep) |
| 1989 | She-Devil Film | Novel |
| 1987 | Heart of the Country TV | Writer (4 ep) |
| 1986 | The Life and Loves of a She-Devil TV | Novel (4 ep) |
| 1986 | A Dangerous Kind of Love Film | Writer |
| 1986 | Ladies in Charge TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1985 | Time for Murder TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1980 | Life for Christine Film | Writer |
| 1980 | Pride and Prejudice TV | Writer, Creator (5 ep) |
| 1978 | Send in the Girls TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1977 | Age of Hypocrisy Film | Writer |
| 1977 | Jubilee 1977 TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1977 | The Velvet Glove TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1975 | Shadows TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1975 | Against the Crowd TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1975 | Ten from the Twenties TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1975 | Private Affairs TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1975 | Abschiedsparty Film | Writer |
| 1974 | Rooms TV | Writer (2 ep) |
| 1973 | Marked Personal TV | Writer (2 ep) |
| 1973 | Then and Now TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1973 | Die Geschichte einer dicken Frau Film | Writer |
| 1973 | Armchair 30 TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1973 | Leap in the Dark TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1972 | A Splinter of Ice Film | Writer |
| 1971 | Suspicion TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs TV | Writer (3 ep) |
| 1971 | Owen, M.D. TV | Writer (4 ep) |
| 1971 | Trial TV | Writer (13 ep) |
| 1971 | Office Party Film | Writer |
| 1970 | Poor Mother Film | Writer |
| 1970 | Menace TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1970 | Kate TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1969 | The Doctors TV | Writer (2 ep) |
| 1969 | Happy Ever After TV | Writer (2 ep) |
| 1968 | The Sex Game TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1968 | Scene TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1968 | For Amusement Only TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1967 | ITV Playhouse TV | Writer (3 ep) |
| 1967 | Poor Cherry Film | Writer |
| 1967 | Trapped TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1967 | Half Hour Story TV | Writer (2 ep) |
| 1966 | A Catching Complaint Film | Writer |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre TV | Writer (2 ep) |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play TV | Writer (2 ep) |
| 1963 | Love Story TV | Writer (1 ep) |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre TV | Writer (4 ep) |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week TV | Writer (3 ep) |