---
name: "Shirley Cooklin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shirley-cooklin"
fi1m_id: "shirley-cooklin"
imdb_id: "nm0177520"
tmdb_id: 3356953
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 March 1930"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:29:58.241189+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."
---

# Shirley Cooklin

## Identity

Shirley Cooklin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shirley-cooklin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shirley-cooklin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0177520
- **TMDB ID:** 3356953
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177520/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3356953

Writer. Born 3 March 1930 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 March 1930, Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0177520/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3356953

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## Biography

Shirley Cooklin is a British writer and former actress. Born on 3 March 1930 in Wallasey, Cheshire, she trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and began her career in repertory theatre before appearing in television series including *The Children of the New Forest* (1955) and *Doctor Who* (1967).

She later wrote episodes for several British television series, including one episode of *EastEnders* (1987), one of *Crossroads* (1986), one of *The Bill* (1989) and three of *Emmerdale Farm* (1990–1991). She has also authored books including *Knockback* (1985), adapted into a BBC television film, and *Inside Out* on the criminal justice system.

Cooklin was married to television producer Peter Bryant.

*Sources: imdb.com, grahammawchristie.com, telegraph.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Knockback: 2* (1985), Book
- *Knockback: 1* (1985), Book
- *Macbeth* (1970), as First witch / Gentlewoman
- *Doctor Who: The Tomb of the Cybermen* (1967), as Kaftan
- *Public Eye* (1965), series, as Mrs. Grey
- *Tearaway* (1956), as Young Girl
- *The Adventures of Sir Lancelot* (1956), series, as Lady Lilith Goodhugh

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