Fidelis Morgan (born 8 August 1952) is an Anglo-Irish actress, writer and director. She has performed with the

Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and opens around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, Stratf ...

, the National Theatre, and in West End productions, including

Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 189926 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what ''Time (magazine), Time'' called "a sense of personal style, a combination of c ...

's ''

The Vortex ''The Vortex'' is a play in three acts by the English writer and actor Noël Coward. The play depicts the sexual vanity of a rich, ageing beauty, her troubled relationship with her adult son, and drug abuse in British society circles after the ...

''. She has written stage plays based on the novels '' Pamela'' and '' Hangover Square''. Her non-fiction works include ''The Female Wits'', a study of female playwrights in the Restoration era and biographies of women from the 17th and 18th centuries such as

Charlotte Charke Charlotte Charke (née Cibber, also Charlotte Secheverell, aka Charles Brown) was an English actress, playwright, novelist, and autobiographer. She began acting at the age of seventeen in breeches roles, and took to wearing male clothing off s ...

.Morgan, Fidelis
''The Female Wits: Women Playwrights on the London Stage 1660-1720''
Virago (1981), Google Books Her novels include the Countess Ashby dela Zouche series of historical crime mysteries including ''The Rival Queens''.

Life and career

Morgan was born in a "gypsy caravan" on the grounds of

Amesbury Abbey Amesbury Abbey was a Benedictine abbey of women at Amesbury in Wiltshire, England, founded by Queen Ælfthryth in about the year 979 on what may have been the site of an earlier monastery. The abbey was dissolved in 1177 by Henry II, who founded ...

Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to ...

, near

Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric Megalith, megalithic structure on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around high, wide, and weighing around 25 tons, to ...

. Her parents, originally from Liverpool, resettled in Amesbury, where her father established a dental career and her mother pursued a passion for art.Morgan, Fidelis
Fidelis Morgan official website
, 2008, accessed 20 January 2012 Morgan's family moved several times when she was a child, but she always thought of Liverpool as home. She studied at

Farnborough Hill Farnborough Hill is a Roman Catholic private day school located in Farnborough, Hampshire. The school educates girls aged 11-18. It was established by the Religious of Christian Education order of nuns in 1889 and moved to the current site wh ...

Farnborough, Hampshire Farnborough is a town located in the Rushmoor district of Hampshire, England. It has a population of around 57,486 as of the 2011 census and is an important centre of aviation, engineering and technology. The town is probably best known for it ...

, and at the

University of Birmingham The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a Public university, public research university in Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen's College, Birmingham (founded in 1825 as ...

, receiving a degree there in the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts in 1973.A life less ordinary: Stalwart of stage and screen, successful author and self-confessed work addict Fidelis Morgan has friends and fans including Rupert Everett and Paul O'Grady. Even former US President Bill Clinton couldn't keep a straight face...
University of Birmingham Newsletter, May 2010, pg 11

Acting

Fidelis Morgan at Cambridge Union Society Spring Wordfest

As an actress, Morgan appeared with the

(1975),

Glenda Jackson Glenda May Jackson (9 May 1936 – 15 June 2023) was an English actress and politician. Over the course of her distinguished career she received List of awards and nominations received by Glenda Jackson, numerous accolades including two Academy ...

’s company at

The Old Vic The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, nonprofit producing theatre in Waterloo, London, England. It was established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, and renamed in 1833 the Royal Victoria Theatre. In 1871 it was rebuilt and reopened as the Royal ...

(1976), the National Theatre (1986), repertory in

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and nor ...

and

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

(1973-1996), as well as a regular company member of the Glasgow

Citizens Theatre The Citizens Theatre, in what was the Royal Princess's Theatre, is the creation of James Bridie and playwright in residence Paul Vincent Carroll is based in Glasgow, Scotland, as a principal producing theatre. The theatre includes a 500-seat ...

where, among other roles, she played The Mother in '' The Mother'' by

Brecht Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a ...

; Elizabeth in '' Mary Stuart'' by

Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright. He was born i ...

; Putana in ''

'Tis Pity She's a Whore ''Tis Pity She's a Whore'' (original spelling: ''Tis Pitty Shee's a Who'' 'o'''re'') is a tragedy written by John Ford (dramatist), John Ford. It was first performed or between 1629 and 1633, by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre. ...

'' by

Ford Ford commonly refers to: * Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford * Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river Ford may also refer to: Ford Motor Company * Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company * Ford F ...

; Mrs Peachum in ''

The Threepenny Opera ''The Threepenny Opera'' ( ) is a 1928 German "play with music" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted from a translation by Elisabeth Hauptmann of John Gay's 18th-century English ballad opera, '' The Beggar's Opera'', and four ballads by François V ...

'' by Brecht; Ruth in ''

Blithe Spirit Blithe Spirit may refer to: * ''Blithe Spirit'' (play), a 1941 comic play written by Noël Coward * ''Blithe Spirit'' (1945 film), a British comedy film based on the play * Blithe Spirit (''Ford Star Jubilee''), a 1956 television play version of ...

'' by

Coward Cowardice is a characteristic wherein excessive fear prevents an individual from taking a risk or facing danger. It is the opposite of courage. As a label, "cowardice" indicates a failure of character in the face of a challenge. One who succumb ...

, and Kath in ''

Entertaining Mr Sloane ''Entertaining Mr Sloane'' is a three-act play written in 1963 by the English playwright Joe Orton. It was first produced in London at the New Arts Theatre on 6 May 1964 and transferred to the West End's Wyndham's Theatre on 29 June 1964. Pl ...

'' by

Joe Orton John Kingsley Orton (1 January 1933 – 9 August 1967), known by the pen name of Joe Orton, was an English playwright, author, and diarist. His public career, from 1964 until his murder in 1967 committed by his partner, was short but highly i ...

. She played Clara Hibbert at Citizens Theatre, and in the West End transfer, of

's ''

''."Fidelis Morgan"
''Debrett's People of Today'', accessed 20 January 2012 Her television appearances include ''

The Liver Birds ''The Liver Birds'' is a British sitcom, set in Liverpool, North West England, which aired on BBC1 from April 1969 to December 1978, and again in 1996. The show was created by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor. The two Liverpudlian housewives had me ...

'' (1974), Rachel Gold in ''

The Politician's Wife ''The Politician's Wife'' is a British television political drama broadcast on Channel 4 in 1995, written by Paula Milne, and starring Trevor Eve and Juliet Stevenson. Milne returned to the same themes in her BBC 2 drama miniseries, '' The P ...

'' (1995), four different roles in ''

The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...

'' (1985-1998), Dorcas in '' As Time Goes By'' (1996), the Hon. Myrtle Pongleton in two episodes of ''

Jeeves and Wooster ''Jeeves and Wooster'' is a British comedy television series adapted by Clive Exton from P. G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 22 April 1990 to 20 June 1993, with the last series nominated for a British Aca ...

'' (1991),An evening with Celia Imrie and Fidelis Morgan: 'Orphans of the Storm' and Titanic

National Museums Liverpool National Museums Liverpool, formerly National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, comprises several museums and art galleries in and around Liverpool in Merseyside, England. All the museums and galleries in the group have free admission. The mu ...

database Rosalie in four episodes of ''Big Women'' (1998), Assistant Registrar in ''

Dead Gorgeous ''Dead Gorgeous'' is a 2010 children's supernatural fantasy television show which premiered on 15 March 2010 in Britain and 5 April 2010 in Australia. It was produced by Burberry Productions and Coolabi Productions with funding from Screen Aust ...

'' (2002) and was Bunty Brace-Girdle in 20 episodes of '' Mr Majeika'' (1988-1990). Her film roles include Matron in '' Never Let Me Go'' (2010), Anne in ''

A Little Chaos ''A Little Chaos'' is a 2014 British period drama film directed by Alan Rickman, based on a story conceived by Alison Deegan, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rickman and Jeremy Brock. It stars Kate Winslet, Matthias Schoenaerts, Rickman, St ...

'' (2014), and Agnes Carpenter in the TV movie ''Karen Carpenter: Goodbye to Love'' (2016). Morgan was nominated Best Actress of the Year 1984 in ''

The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper published on Sundays. First published in 1791, it is the world's oldest Sunday newspaper. In 1993 it was acquired by Guardian Media Group Limited, and operated as a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' ...

'' for her work at Glasgow's

Citizens' Theatre The Citizens Theatre, in what was the Royal Princess's Theatre, is the creation of James Bridie and playwright in residence Paul Vincent Carroll is based in Glasgow, Scotland, as a principal producing theatre. The theatre includes a 500-seat ...

.Fidelis Morgan: Granada Artist-in-Residence Fall 2014

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University ...

database (2014) Morgan has put on several 50 minute shows at the National Theatre. In 1991, her show on 'Female Playwrights of the Restoration' at the National Theatre's

Cottesloe Theatre The National Theatre (NT), officially the Royal National Theatre and sometimes referred to in international contexts as the National Theatre of Great Britain, is a performing arts venue and associated theatre company located in London, England, ...

was concerned with the largely neglected plays by women dramatists written for the London stage in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The show, subsequently entitled ''The Female Wits'', included extracts from the plays performed by a group of actors and played at various literary festivals including the

Isle of Wight The Isle of Wight (Help:IPA/English, /waɪt/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''WYTE'') is an island off the south coast of England which, together with its surrounding uninhabited islets and Skerry, skerries, is also a ceremonial county. T ...

Truro Truro (; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England; it is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, just under west-south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is Cornwall's county town, s ...

Utrecht Utrecht ( ; ; ) is the List of cities in the Netherlands by province, fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. The ...

, and on

Queen Mary 2 RMS ''Queen Mary 2'' (''QM2'') is a British ocean liner. She has served as the flagship of the Cunard Line since April 2004, and as of 2025, is the only active, purpose-built ocean liner still in service. ''Queen Mary 2'' sails regular transat ...

. Again at the National, in 2011, she interviewed her friend

Celia Imrie Celia Diana Savile Imrie (born 15 July 1952) is a British actress and author. She is best known for her film roles, including the '' Bridget Jones'' film series, '' Calendar Girls'' (2003), '' Nanny McPhee'' (2005), '' The Best Exotic Marigold ...

on the platform of the Cottesloe Theatre. In 2015, Morgan returned to Glasgow's

to take part in its 70th anniversary celebrations, performing an extract from '' Mary Stuart'' with

Ann Mitchell Ann Mitchell (born 22 April 1939) is a British stage and television actress. She came to prominence in the 1980s when she starred as Dolly Rawlins in the crime series ''Widows'' as well as the sequels '' Widows 2'' and '' She's Out'', all writt ...

Novels and non-fiction

Morgan's novels include the Countess Ashby dela Zouche series of historical crime mysteries: ''Unnatural Fire'' (2000), for which she was nominated as a Discovery Author by

Barnes and Noble Barnes & Noble Booksellers is an American bookseller with the largest number of retail outlets in the United States. The company operates approximately 600 retail stores across the United States. Barnes & Noble operates mainly through its B ...

in 2001; ''The Rival Queens'' (2001); ''The Ambitious Stepmother'' (2002) and ''Fortune's Slave'' (2004).Orphans of the Storm; Celia Imrie and Fidelis Morgan with Oxford Literary Festival

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

database (2022) ''The Rival Queens'' was nominated for a Lefty Award for "the most humorous mystery novels published in the U.S. in 2002" by Left Coast Crime, California, in 2003. Her non-fiction work includes ''The Female Wits'', the first study of female playwrights of the Restoration stage and biographies of charismatic female figures from the 17th and 18th centuries including

. She was the author of ''The Bluffer's Guide to British Theatre'' (1986), part of '' The Bluffer's Guides'' series.

Plays and teleplays

Morgan's stage plays include adaptations of famous novels,

Samuel Richardson Samuel Richardson (baptised 19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) was an English writer and printer known for three epistolary novels: '' Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded'' (1740), '' Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady'' (1748) and '' The Histo ...

's '' Pamela''''Pamela''
Amber Lane Press website and Patrick Hamilton's '' Hangover Square'' (

Lyric Hammersmith The Lyric Theatre, also known as the Lyric Hammersmith, is a nonprofit theatre on Lyric Square, off King Street, Hammersmith, London."About the Lyric" > "History" ''Lyric'' official website. Retrieved January 2024. Background The Lyric Theatre ...

, 1990, and the

Finborough Theatre The Finborough Theatre is a fifty-seat theatre in the West Brompton area of London (part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea) under artistic director Neil McPherson. The theatre presents new British writing, as well as UK and world p ...

, London, in 2008). For her work on ''Pamela'' for

Shared Experience Shared Experience is a British theatre company.
Its current joint

< ...

, Morgan was nominated Most Promising Playwright in Plays and Players (1985). She collaborated with

Lynda La Plante Lynda Joy La Plante, CBE (née Titchmarsh; born 15 March 1943) is an English author, screenwriter and former actress often known for writing the '' Prime Suspect'' television crime series. In 2024 she was honoured with the Crime Writers' Asso ...

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation. It is state-owned enterprise, publicly owned but, unlike the BBC, it receives no public funding and is funded en ...

's ''Killer Net''. In 1988, she wrote and directed the sketch 'Fat Life' for ''Before The Act: A Celebration to Counter the Effects of Section 28''. This was a gala held at the

Piccadilly Theatre The Piccadilly Theatre is a West End theatre located at the junction of Denman Street and Sherwood Street, near Piccadilly Circus, in the City of Westminster, London. It opened in 1928. In its early years the theatre presented a wide range of ...

to protest

Section 28 Section 28 refers to a part of the Local Government Act 1988, which stated that Local government in the United Kingdom, local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales "shall not intentionally promote homosexuality or publish material with t ...

, which had been enacted on 24 May 1988. The programme consisted of material created on gay themes. In 1997, two of her sketches were performed in ''Then Again'', a revue directed by Neil Bartlett at the

Directing

In 2011, at the Finborough Theatre, Morgan directed a sell-out production of

Lennox Robinson Esmé Stuart Lennox Robinson (4 October 1886 – 15 October 1958) was an Irish dramatist, poet and theatre producer and director who was involved with the Abbey Theatre. Life Robinson was born in Westgrove, Douglas, County Cork and raised in ...

’s ''

Drama at Inish ''Drama at Inish'' is a comic play by the Irish writer Lennox Robinson which was first performed at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin on 6 February 1933. The storyline of the play serves as a parody of the plots and atmosphere of the plays being performe ...

'' starring

and Paul O’Grady.''Drama at Inish''
Finborough Theatre website (2011) In the same year, she directed a reading of ''The Piper'', a new play by Colleen Murphy at Vibrant – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights. The cast included Philip Herbert,

Dudley Sutton Dudley Sutton (6 April 1933 – 15 September 2018) was an English actor. Active in radio, stage, film and television, he was best known for his role of Tinker Dill in the BBC Television comedy/drama series ''Lovejoy''. Early life Sutton was b ...

Julian Wadham Julian Neil Rohan Wadham (born 7 August 1958) is an English actor of stage, film and television. Early life The third son of Rohan Nicholas Wadham DFC and Juliana Wadham (''née'' Macdonald Walker), Wadham was educated at Ampleforth College ...

Siân Thomas Siân Thomas (born 20 September 1953) is a British actress from Stratford-upon-Avon, England, who trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She is known both for her work on stage and for her television and film appearances such as ''H ...

, George Irving and

Pauline Moran Pauline Moran (born 26 August 1947) is an English actress, best known for her role as Miss Felicity Lemon in the British television series ''Agatha Christie's Poirot''. She trained at several schools, including the National Youth Theatre and t ...

. In 2018, she directed a production of ''But It Still Goes On'' by

Robert Graves Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were b ...

and starring

Sophie Ward Sophie Anna Ward (born 30 December 1964) is a British stage and screen actress, and a writer of non-fiction and fiction from London. As an actress, she played Jocelyn Sheffield in '' The Nanny''; she also played Elizabeth Hardy, the female l ...

and Alan Cox, again at the Finborough Theatre.''But It Still Goes On'' by Robert Graves. Edited with additional dialogue by Fidelis Morgan
Finborough Theatre website (2018) In 2014, at the St. James Theatre, Morgan directed

in ''Laughing Matters'', and directed ''Wedlock Deadlock'' at the Kings Head, starring

Paola Dionisotti Paola Dionisotti (; born 1946 in Turin) is an Italian-British actress active on stage and British television since 1975. Early life Dionisotti is the daughter of Italian literary critic Carlo Dionisotti and Marisa Pinna Pintor. She has two sist ...

Sian Thomas Sian or Siyan may refer to: __NOTOC__ People *Siân, a Welsh girl's name; list of people with this name Places *Sian, Iran (disambiguation), various places in Iran, Iraq and Balochistan *Sian, Russia, a rural locality in Amur Oblast, Russia *Xi'an ...

and

and adapted into a musical from ''The Custom of the Country'' by

Susanna Centlivre Susanna Centlivre (c. 1669 (baptised) – 1 December 1723), born Susanna Freeman, and also known professionally as Susanna Carroll, was an English poet, actress, and "the most successful female playwright of the eighteenth century". Centlivre's ...

. Also in 2014, she was Artist-in-Residence at the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university, research university system in the U.S. state of California. Headquartered in Oakland, California, Oakland, the system is co ...

where she directed a production of ''The Gambling Lady'' by

, a play Morgan rescued from near-oblivion in her book ''The Female Wits''. In 2019, she directed ''The Wooden Meadow'' by Stewart Pringle at the Finborough Theatre.11th Year Of Vibrant – A Festival Of Finborough Playwrights
Finborough Theatre News (2019)

Bibliography

;Non-fiction * ''The Female Wits'', Virago (1981) * ''A Woman of No Character'', Faber (1986) * ''Bluff Your Way in Theatre'', Ravette (1986) * ''The Well Known Trouble-maker'',

Faber Faber may refer to: People * Faber (surname) Companies * Faber & Faber, publishing house in the United Kingdom * Faber-Castell, German manufacturer of writing instruments * Faber Music, British sheet music publisher * Eberhard Faber, German ...

(1988) * ''A Misogynist's Source Book'',

Jonathan Cape Jonathan Cape is a British publishing firm headquartered in London and founded in 1921 by Herbert Jonathan Cape, who was head of the firm until his death. Cape and his business partner Wren Howard (1893–1968) set up the publishing house in ...

(1989) * ''Women Playwrights Of The Restoration'', Dent Everyman (1991) * ''The Female Tatler'', Dent Everyman (1992) * ''The Years Between'', Virago (1994) * ''Wicked!'',

Virago A virago is a woman who demonstrates abundant masculine virtues. The word comes from the Latin word ''virāgō'' (genitive virāginis) meaning "vigorous maiden" from ''vir'' meaning "man" or "man-like" (cf. virile and virtue) to which the suffi ...

(1996) * ''Like a Charm'' (Century) collaboration with other crime writers and edited by Karen Slaughter (2004) ;Fiction * ''My Dark Rosaleen'' Heinemann (1994) * ''Unnatural Fire''

HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmi ...

(2000) * ''The Rival Queens'' HarperCollins (2001) * ''The Ambitious Stepmother'' HarperCollins (2002) * ''Fortune’s Slave'' HarperCollins (2004) * ''The Murder Quadrille'' ebook (2011) ;Short stories * "The Actress & The Thief", BBC Radio 4, 1995 * "The Creep", ''Image Magazine'' (Eire), October 1995 * "Dead At The Wheel", ''Magazine of Architectural Symposium Pontresina'', 2001 * "Down and Dirty", ''Like A Charm'' by

Karin Slaughter Karin Slaughter (born January 6, 1971) is an American crime writer. She has written 24 novels, which have sold more than 40 million copies and have been published in 120 countries. Her first novel, ''Blindsighted'' (2001), was published in 27 la ...

(ed.) (Century, February 2004) * Contributions to ''Encyclopedia of British Women's Writing 1900-1950'' (

Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave Macmillan is a British academic and trade publishing company headquartered in the London Borough of Camden. Its programme includes textbooks, journals, monographs, professional and reference works in print and online. It maintains offi ...

), 2006 ;Plays * ''Pamela'' with

Giles Havergal Giles Pollock Havergal CBE (born 9 June 1938, in Edinburgh) is a theatre director and actor, opera stage director, teacher, and adaptor. He was artistic director of Glasgow's Citizens Theatre from 1969 until he stepped down in 2003, one of the tr ...

1985 * ''Hangover Square'' 1990 * ''Fragments From the Life of Marie Antoinette'' 1996

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, Fidelis 1952 births People educated at Farnborough Hill Alumni of the University of Birmingham English stage actresses English television actresses English dramatists and playwrights English crime fiction writers Living people Politicians from Liverpool Actresses from Liverpool