Margot Bennett (writer)

Margot Bennett (* 1912 in Lenzie , East Dunbartonshire , Scotland ; † December 6, 1980 ) was an English writer and screenwriter of Scottish origin.

Life

Bennett spent all of her school years alternately in Scotland and Australia . When the civil war broke out in Spain , she volunteered in 1936 and helped there as a nurse.

After the end of World War II , Bennett began to write; in addition to some crime novels , she also published in the genre science fiction .

Works (selection)

• Away went the little fish . 1946.
• One stayed behind. Detective novel ("The man who didn't fly"). Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1982, ISBN 3-548-10162-3 .
• The golden pebble . 1948.
• Someone from the past. Roman ("Someone from the past"). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 3-499-26016-6 .
• The long way back . 1955.
• Shadows around the king. Detective novel ("Farewell crown and goodbye king"). Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1983, ISBN 3-548-10217-4 .
• That summer's earthquake . 1964.
• Time to change hats . 1945.
• And suddenly she was a widow. Classic crime thriller ("The widow of Bath"). Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1982, ISBN 3-548-10143-7 .

Filmography (selection)

• 1958–1959: Emergency Ward 10 (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 1959: Dead Must Be Silent (The Man Who Liked Funerals)
• 1959: The Crowning Touch
• 1959: The Widow of Bath (TV series, 6 episodes, also based on a book)
• 1959: Dangerous Businesses ( The Third Man , TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1960–1962: Commissioner Maigret ( Maigret , TV series, 7 episodes)
• 1961: They Met in a City (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1962: Suspense (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1965: The Flying Swan (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1965–1966: The Big Spender (TV series, 6 episodes)
• 1966: Quick Before They Catch Us (TV series, 4 episodes)

Award

• 1958: Dagger Award for her novel Somebody from the Past

literature

• Armin Arnold u. a. (Ed.): Reclams Kriminalromanführer . Reclam, Stuttgart 1978, ISBN 3-15-010278-2 , p. 69.

Web links

• Margot Bennett in the Internet Movie Database (English)