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name: "Fay Weldon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/fay-weldon"
roles: ["Novelist","Writer"]
born: "22 September 1931"
died: "4 January 2023"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T20:29:43.889611+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Fay Weldon

Novelist and writer. Born 22 September 1931 in Birmingham, England, UK. Died 4 January 2023.

## Details

- **Work:** Novelist, Writer
- **Born:** 22 September 1931, Birmingham, England, UK
- **Died:** 4 January 2023
- **Active:** 1971–1986

## Biography

Fay Weldon (1931–2023) was a British novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Born Franklin Birkinshaw in Birmingham, she worked as an advertising copywriter before beginning to write for television and radio in the 1960s.

She wrote the first episode of the ITV series *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971), for which she received a Writers' Guild award, and contributed further episodes to the series. Her best-known novel, *The Life and Loves of a She-Devil* (1983), was adapted for television by the BBC in 1986 and as a feature film in 1989. She published more than 30 novels and was appointed CBE in 2001.

*Sources: bbc.com, screenonline.org.uk, en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Upstairs, Downstairs* (1971), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/upstairs-downstairs.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *The Life and Loves of a She-Devil* (1986), Novel

## Also known for

- *She-Devil* (1989), Novel

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