Fay Weldon

Writing

September 22, 1931 — January 4, 2023Birmingham, England, UK

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

She-Devil

She-Devil

1989

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1980

Puffball

Puffball

2007

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

1986

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

1956

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964

ITV Play of the Week

ITV Play of the Week

1955

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Mrs. Weekley's Lover

Mrs. Weekley's Lover

2025

Writer

Puffball

Puffball

2007

Novel

Big Women

Big Women

1998

Writer

Growing Rich

Growing Rich

1992

Writer

The Cloning of Joanna May

The Cloning of Joanna May

1992

Novel

The Cloning of Joanna May

The Cloning of Joanna May

1992

Novel

She-Devil

She-Devil

1989

Novel

Heart of the Country

Heart of the Country

1987

Writer

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil

1986

Novel

A Dangerous Kind of Love

A Dangerous Kind of Love

1986

Writer

Ladies in Charge

Ladies in Charge

1986

Writer

Time for Murder

Time for Murder

1985

Writer

Life for Christine

Life for Christine

1980

Writer

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1980

Writer

Send in the Girls

Send in the Girls

1978

Writer

Age of Hypocrisy

Age of Hypocrisy

1977

Writer

Jubilee 1977

1977

Writer

The Velvet Glove

The Velvet Glove

1977

Writer

Shadows

Shadows

1975

Writer

Against the Crowd

Against the Crowd

1975

Writer

Ten from the Twenties

Ten from the Twenties

1975

Writer

Private Affairs

Private Affairs

1975

Writer

Abschiedsparty

1975

Writer

Rooms

Rooms

1974

Writer

Marked Personal

Marked Personal

1973

Writer

Then and Now

1973

Writer

Die Geschichte einer dicken Frau

Die Geschichte einer dicken Frau

1973

Writer

Armchair 30

1973

Writer

Leap in the Dark

Leap in the Dark

1973

Writer

A Splinter of Ice

A Splinter of Ice

1972

Writer

Suspicion

1971

Writer

Upstairs, Downstairs

Upstairs, Downstairs

1971

Writer

Owen, M.D.

1971

Writer

Trial

1971

Writer

Office Party

Office Party

1971

Writer

Poor Mother

1970

Writer

Menace

1970

Writer

Kate

1970

Writer

The Doctors

1969

Writer

Happy Ever After

Happy Ever After

1969

Writer

The Sex Game

1968

Writer

Scene

1968

Writer

For Amusement Only

For Amusement Only

1968

Writer

ITV Playhouse

ITV Playhouse

1967

Writer

Poor Cherry

Poor Cherry

1967

Writer

Trapped

1967

Writer

Half Hour Story

Half Hour Story

1967

Writer

A Catching Complaint

A Catching Complaint

1966

Writer

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

Writer

The Wednesday Play

The Wednesday Play

1964

Writer

Love Story

1963

Writer

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre

1956

Writer

ITV Play of the Week

ITV Play of the Week

1955

Writer

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In Confidence

2010

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

The Alan Titchmarsh Show

2007

Self

The Garden Party

The Garden Party

1998

Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife

Philip K Dick: A Day in the Afterlife

1994

Self - Interviewee

Pebble Mill

1991

Self

Omnibus

Omnibus

1967

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Big Women

Big Women

1998

Creator

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

1980

Creator