Zelda Barron

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Zelda Barron (born Zelda Ruth Solomons on March 31, 1929 in Cheetham, Manchester ; died on August 14, 2006 in Ireland ) was a British film producer , screenwriter and director .

She was born the fifth of six children. Her family consisted of the Jewish, Russian-born father who worked as a tailor and the mother, who herself came from a wealthy English family.

She originally wanted to study at a university, but her parents pushed her to attend a secretarial school.

In 1953 she worked as a secretary in the British film industry and married the British actor Ron Barron .

In the 1960s, Zelda Barron worked as a script supervisor at Woodfall Film Productions on films such as If… and Isadora , and was subsequently recognized for her talent as a script doctor in films such as Reds and Yentl .

Under Skreba Productions , which she co-founded with Simon Relph and Ann Skinner , she worked on her own films, which she wrote and directed, such as Secret Places .

When she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease , she withdrew from filmmaking.

Barron died in Ireland in 2006 at the age of 77.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Zelda Barron. September 7, 2006, accessed November 22, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Simon Relph: Obituary: Zelda Barron . In: The Guardian . September 11, 2006, ISSN  0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed November 22, 2019]).
  3. ^ Harris M. Lentz III: Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2006: Film, Television, Radio, Theater, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture . McFarland, 2008, ISBN 978-0-7864-5211-8 ( google.de [accessed November 22, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Zelda Barron. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
  5. ↑ 5 Jun 1985, 63 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Barron, Zelda
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Solomons, Zelda Ruth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film producer, screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Cheetham, Manchester
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 2006
Place of death Ireland