Marjorie Wallace (SANE)
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Dr. Marjorie Wallace CBE FRCPsych |
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Marjorie Wallace
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| Born |
Marjorie Shiona Wallace 10 January 1943 Nairobi, Kenya |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | SANE Chief Executive |
| Organization | SANE |
| Notable work | See below |
| Spouse(s) | Andrzej Skarbek |
| Partner(s) |
Tom Margerison John Mills Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon |
| Website | www |
Marjorie Shiona Wallace CBE, FRCPsych (former Countess Skarbek) (born 10 January 1943 in Nairobi, Kenya) is a British writer, broadcaster, investigative journalist, and chief executive of SANE, a mental health charity that she founded in the UK in 1986.
Wallace was born in Nairobi, Kenya where her father was a civil engineer surveying for the railways. Her mother was a trained classical pianist, but was unable to pursue her interest professionally. After gaining a degree in Psychology and Philosophy from University College, London, Wallace worked as a trainee producer for The Frost Programme with David Frost (1966–68). She went on to become a religious programmes producer and a current affairs reporter for London Weekend Television (1969–72). While an investigative journalist and Social Services Correspondent for The Sunday Times (1972–89), she wrote a series of articles in 1972 highlighting the financial and emotional plight of the Thalidomide children who had been born in the 1950s and 1960s with physical disabilities. As a result of this campaign, she met Terry Wiles, about whom she co-authored a biography, On Giant's Shoulders (1976). This was made into a BBC Play of the Week in 1979 in which Wallace was portrayed by Annabel Leventon.
Her other investigations as a Sunday Times journalist ranged from the failure of concrete systems building and the 'hot-housing' of genius children to the Dioxin disaster in Northern Italy about which she co-wrote the book Superpoison.
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