Person
Fay Weldon
Writing · 1931–2023 · Birmingham, England, UK
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.
Known for
Omnibus
1967
ITV Play of the Week
Writer
ITV Playhouse
Writer
Pebble Mill
Self
The Wednesday Play
Writer
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Writer
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
Upstairs, Downstairs
Writer
In Confidence
2010
The Doctors
Writer
Filmography
- 2025Mrs. Weekley's LoverWriter
- 2010In Confidence
- 2007PuffballNovel
- 2007The Alan Titchmarsh ShowSelf
- 1998The Garden Party
- 1998Big WomenWriter
- 1994Philip K Dick: A Day in the AfterlifeSelf - Interviewee
- 1992Growing RichWriter
- 1992The Cloning of Joanna MayNovel
- 1992The Cloning of Joanna MayNovel
- 1991Pebble MillSelf
- 1989She-DevilNovel
- 1987Heart of the CountryWriter
- 1986The Life and Loves of a She-DevilNovel
- 1986A Dangerous Kind of LoveWriter
- 1986Ladies in ChargeWriter
- 1985Time for MurderWriter
- 1980Life for ChristineWriter
- 1980Pride and PrejudiceWriter
- 1978Send in the GirlsWriter
- 1977Age of HypocrisyWriter
- 1977Jubilee 1977Writer
- 1977The Velvet GloveWriter
- 1975ShadowsWriter
- 1975Against the CrowdWriter
- 1975Ten from the TwentiesWriter
- 1975Private AffairsWriter
- 1975AbschiedspartyWriter
- 1974RoomsWriter
- 1973Marked PersonalWriter
- 1973Then and NowWriter
- 1973Die Geschichte einer dicken FrauWriter
- 1973Armchair 30Writer
- 1973Leap in the DarkWriter
- 1972A Splinter of IceWriter
- 1971SuspicionWriter
- 1971Upstairs, DownstairsWriter
- 1971Owen, M.D.Writer
- 1971TrialWriter
- 1971Office PartyWriter
- 1970Poor MotherWriter
- 1970MenaceWriter
- 1970KateWriter
- 1969The DoctorsWriter
- 1969Happy Ever AfterWriter
- 1968The Sex GameWriter
- 1968SceneWriter
- 1968For Amusement OnlyWriter
- 1967Omnibus
- 1967ITV PlayhouseWriter
- 1967Poor CherryWriter
- 1967TrappedWriter
- 1967Half Hour StoryWriter
- 1966A Catching ComplaintWriter
- 1965Thirty-Minute TheatreWriter
- 1964The Wednesday PlayWriter
- 1963Love StoryWriter
- 1956Armchair TheatreWriter
- 1955ITV Play of the WeekWriter
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