Zelda Barron
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.
Web links
- Zelda Barron in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Zelda Barron. September 7, 2006, accessed November 22, 2019 .
- ↑ Simon Relph: Obituary: Zelda Barron . In: The Guardian . September 11, 2006, ISSN 0261-3077 ( theguardian.com [accessed November 22, 2019]).
- ^ 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]).
- ↑ Zelda Barron. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
- ↑ 5 Jun 1985, 63 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 22, 2019 .
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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 |