Lynda La Plante
| Lynda La Plante | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Lynda Joy Titchmarsh 15 March 1943 Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | RADA |
| Occupation | author, screenwriter and former actress |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Known for | Prime Suspect |
| Spouse(s) | Richard La Plante (m. 1979-1996) |
Lynda La Plante, CBE (born Lynda Joy Titchmarsh on 15 March 1943) is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.
Born and brought up in Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, La Plante trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art RADA. After finishing her studies, using the stage name Lynda Marchal she appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in a variety of productions, as well as popular television series including Z-Cars, Educating Marmalade, The Sweeney, The Professionals and Bergerac. However, as an actress she is perhaps best remembered as the hay-fever suffering ghost Tamara Novek in the BBC children's series Rentaghost.
In 1974 La Plante took her first scriptwriting job on the ITV children's sitcom The Kids from 47A.
Her breakthrough came in 1983 when she created and wrote the six-part robbery series Widows for Thames Television. The plot concerned the widows of four armed robbers carrying out a heist planned by their deceased husbands. A second series of Widows followed in 1985, while a sequel She's Out took up the story ten years later.
Her debut novel, The Legacy, was published in 1987 and received both critical and best-seller success. Her second, third and fourth novels came soon after – The Talisman (1987), Bella Mafia (1990) and Entwined (1993) – all of which became international best sellers. In 1990 La Plante started working on her next television project, Prime Suspect, which was released by Granada in 1991. Prime Suspect starred Helen Mirren as DCI Jane Tennison, airing in the UK as well as on PBS in the United States as part of the anthology program Mystery!. In 1993 La Plante won an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her work on the series. In 1992 she wrote a TV film called Seekers, starring Brenda Fricker and Josette Simon, produced by Sarah Lawson.
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