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
Pebble Mill
Self
The Wednesday Play
Writer
ITV Play of the Week
Writer
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Writer
ITV Playhouse
Writer
The Alan Titchmarsh Show
Self
Upstairs, Downstairs
Writer
Rooms
Writer
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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