La Plante, Lynda 1946(?)- (Lynda LaPlante, Lynda Marchal)

PERSONAL

Original name, Lynda Titchmarsh; born March 15, 1946 (some sources say 1946), in Formby, Lancashire, England; daughter of a sales manager; married Richard La Plante (a writer, martial artist, and rock musician), 1978 (divorced, 1996). Education: Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, diploma in dramatic arts, 1962.

Addresses:

Office—La Plante Productions Head Office, Paramount House, 162-170 Wardour St., London W1F 8ZK United Kingdom. Agent—United Talent Agency, 9560 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 500, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; International Creative Management, 76 Oxford St., Oxford House, London W1D 1BS United Kingdom.

Career:

Actress, writer, and producer. Appeared with the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company; La Plante Productions and Cougar Films, chairman and producer.

Member:

British Film Institute (honorary member).

Awards, Honors:

Television Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1982, for Widows; Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award nomination, television—drama serial, Royal Television Society Television Award, best writer, Television Award (with others), best drama—serial, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1992, Edgar Allan Poe Award, best television feature or miniseries, Mystery Writers of America, 1993, all for Prime Suspect; Emmy Award, outstanding miniseries, 1993, for Prime Suspect Two; Emmy Award nomination, outstanding individual achievement in writing in a miniseries or special, Television Award (with others), best drama serial, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1994, Edgar Allan Poe Award nomination, best television feature or miniseries, 1995, all for Prime Suspect 3; Liverpool Echo Arts Award, best television writer, 1997, for Trial and Retribution; Dennis Potter Award, British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, 2001; Prix Italia; British Broadcasting Award.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Executive producer, Mothers and Daughters, 2004.

Executive producer, Imagine Me & You (also known as Eine hochzeit zu dritt and Imagine Me and You), Fox Searchlight Pictures, 2005.

Film Appearances (As Lynda Marchal):

Mrs. Clement, The Draughtsman's Contract, United Artists Classics, 1982.

Lina, High Road to China, Warner Bros., 1983.

Television Appearances; Series:

(As Lynda Marchal) Various characters, Z Cars, BBC, 1963-67.

(As Lynda Marchal) Molly Dolan, The Doctors, NBC, 1969.

Tamara Novek, Rentaghost, BBC, 1980.

(As Lynda Marchal) Muriel Maddocks, Coming Home, BBC, 1981.

(As Lynda Marchal) Mrs. Atkins, Educating Marmalade, ITV, 1981.

Television Appearances; Miniseries:

(As Lynda Marchal) Angela, Out, Thames, 1978.

Television Appearances; Movies:

(As Lynda Marchal) Mrs. Roberts, Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, ITV, 1980.

Television Appearances; Specials:

(As Lynda Marchal) "Simply Sheila," Show of the Week, BBC, 1968.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

(As Lynda Marchal) Miss Harvey, "1+1=1.5," Out of the Unknown, BBC, 1969.

(As Lynda Marchal) Young woman, "Special Offer," Beasts, ITV, 1976.

(As Lynda Marchal) Eve Fisher, "Victims," The Sweeney, ITV, 1978.

(As Lynda Marchal) Juanita Shervington, "Something Blue," The Gentle Touch, LWT, 1980.

(As Lynda Marchal) Viv Copeland, "The Acorn Syndrome, " The Professionals, ITV, 1980.

(As Lynda Marchal) Lisa Reynolds, "Relative Values," Bergerac, BBC1, 1981.

(As Lynda Marchal) Phyllis Betts, "The Affair of the Pink Pearl," Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime, ITV and PBS, 1983.

(As Lynda Marchal) "Death of a Hitman," Bulman, ITV, 1985.

Apsel & Company, ITV, 1993.

"Lynda La Plante," The South Bank Show, ITV, 1993.

Herself, "Baywatch," French and Saunders, BBC, 1996.

Ruby, BBC, 2000.

Richard and Judy, Channel 4, 2004, 2006.

Kelly, ITV, 2005.

Herself, "Prime Suspect," Drama Connections, BBC, 2005.

The Paul O'Grady Show (also known as The New Paul O'Grady Show), ITV, 2005, 2006.

Loose Women, ITV, 2007.

Television Work; Series:

Executive producer, The Lifeboat, BBC, 1994.

Producer, The Governor, ITV, 1995.

Television Work; Miniseries:

Associate producer, Prime Suspect 3 (also known as Prime Suspect 3: "The Keeper of Souls"), PBS and ITV, 1993.

Associate producer, She's Out, Carlton, 1995.

Producer, Trial & Retribution, ITV, 1997.

Producer, Supply & Demand, ITV, 1998.

Producer and creator, Killer Net (also known as Lynda La Plante's "Killer Net"), Channel 4, 1998.

Producer, Trial & Retribution II, ITV, 1998.

Producer, Trial & Retribution III, ITV, 1999.

Producer, Trial & Retribution IV, ITV, 2000.

Producer, Trial & Retribution V, ITV, 2002.

Executive producer, Widows, ABC, 2002.

Producer, Trial & Retribution VI, 2002.

Producer, Trial & Retribution VII (also known as Trial & Retribution: "Suspicion"), ITV, 2003.

Producer, Trial & Retribution VIII (also known as Trial & Retribution: "Blue Eiderdown"), ITV, 2004.

Producer, The Commander: "Virus," ITV, 2005.

Producer, The Commander: "Blackdog," ITV, 2005.

Producer, Trial & Retribution: "The Lovers" (also known as Trial & Retribution IX), ITV, 2005.

Producer, Trial & Retribution: "Sins of the Father," ITV, 2006.

Producer, The Commander: "Blacklight," ITV, 2006.

Executive producer, Trial & Retribution XI: "Closure," ITV, 2006.

Executive producer, Trial & Retribution XII: "Paradise Lost," ITV, 2007.

Executive producer, Trial & Retribution XIII: "Curriculum Vitae," ITV, 2007.

Executive producer, Trial & Retribution XIV: "Mirror Image, " ITV, 2007.

Television Work; Movies:

(As Lynda LaPlante) Executive producer, The Governor, ITV, 1995.

Producer, Supply & Demand (also known as Lynda La Plante's "Supply & Demand Raw Recruit"), ITV, 1997.

Producer, Mind Games, ITV, 2001.

Executive producer, Framed, TNT, 2002.

Producer, The Commander (also known as The Commander: Entrapment), ITV, 2003.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, The Prosecutors, NBC, 1996.

Executive producer, The Warden, TNT, 2001.

WRITINGS

Television Miniseries:

Widows, Thames, 1983.

Widows 2, Thames, 1985.

Prime Suspect (also known as Prime Suspect 1 and Prime Suspect 1: "A Price to Pay"), Granada and PBS, 1991.

Framed, Arts and Entertainment, 1992.

Prime Suspect 3 (also known as Prime Suspect 3: "The Keeper of Souls"), PBS and ITV, 1993.

She's Out, Carlton, 1995.

Trial & Retribution, ITV, 1997.

Supply & Demand, ITV, 1998.

Killer Net (also known as Lynda La Plante's "Killer Net"), Channel 4, 1998.

Trial & Retribution II, ITV, 1998.

Trial & Retribution III, ITV, 1999.

Trial & Retribution IV, ITV, 2000.

Trial & Retribution V, ITV, 2002.

Widows, ABC, 2002.

Trial & Retribution VI, 2002.

Trial & Retribution VII (also known as Trial & Retribution: "Suspicion"), ITV, 2003.

Trial & Retribution VIII (also known as Trial & Retribution: "Blue Eiderdown"), ITV, 2004.

The Commander: "Virus," ITV, 2005.

The Commander: "Blackdog," ITV, 2005.

Trial & Retribution: "The Lovers" (also known as Trial & Retribution IX), ITV, 2005.

Trial & Retribution: "Sins of the Father," ITV, 2006.

The Commander: "Blacklight," ITV, 2006.

Trial & Retribution XI: "Closure," ITV, 2006.

Trial & Retribution XII: "Paradise Lost," ITV, 2007.

Trial & Retribution XIV: "Mirror Image," ITV, 2007.

The Commander: "Fraudster," ITV, 2007.

The Commander: "The Devil You Know," ITV, 2007.

Television Movies:

Civvies, BBC, 1992.

Seekers, Central, 1992.

Prime Suspect 2 (also known as Prime Suspect 2: "Operation Nadine"), Granada and PBS, 1992.

Seconds Out, BBC, 1993.

Comics, Channel 4, 1993.

Supply & Demand (also known as Lynda La Plante's "Supply & Demand, Raw Recruit"), ITV, 1997.

Mind Games, ITV, 2001.

The Commander (also known as The Commander: "Entrapment "), ITV, 2003.

Television Pilots:

The Prosecutors, NBC, 1996.

"The Governor," The Warden, TNT, 2001.

Television Episodes:

"Hidden Talents," Unnatural Causes, ITV, 1986.

"Troubled Waters," The Lifeboat, BBC, 1994.

The Governor, ITV, 1996.

Also wrote The Kids from 47A.

Novels:

The Legacy, 1987.

Bella Mafia, 1990.

Entwined, William Morrow, New York City, 1993.

Cold Shoulder, 1994.

Cold Heart, 1998.

Sleeping Cruelty, Macmillan, London, 2000.

Royal Flush, Macmillan, London, 2002, published as Royal Heist, Random House, 2003.

Above Suspicion, Touchstone, 2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, 2006.

Writers Directory, 22nd ed., St. James Press, 2006.

Electronic:

Lynda LaPlante Website,http://laplanteproductions.com, June 8, 2007.