Cast & creator
Catherine Cookson
Best known for The South Bank Show, This Is Your Life, A Dinner of Herbs
Dame Catherine Ann Cookson (née McMullen; 20 June 1906 – 11 June 1998) was a British writer. She is in the top 20 of the most widely read British novelists, with sales topping 100 million, while she retained a relatively low profile in the world of celebrity writers. Her books were inspired by her deprived youth in South Shields (historically part of County Durham), North East England, the setting for her novels. With 104 titles in her own name or two other pen names, she is one of the most prolific British novelists.
10
film credits
32
television credits
3
1955–2007 · acting roles
6.6
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (42)
Showing 42 of 42 credits
The South Bank Show
1978
This Is Your Life
Self - Guest
1955
A Dinner of Herbs
Novel
2000A Dinner of Herbs
Creator
2000Romance
Original Story
1977Romance
Creator
1977
The Mallens
Novel
1979The Mallens
Creator
1979
Tilly Trotter
Novel
1999Tilly Trotter
Creator
1999
The Cinder Path
Novel
1994The Cinder Path
Creator
1994
The Glass Virgin
Novel
1995The Glass Virgin
Creator
1995
The Rag Nymph
Novel
1997The Rag Nymph
Creator
1997
The Tide of Life
Writer
1996The Tide of Life
Creator
1996
The Wingless Bird
Novel
1997The Wingless Bird
Creator
1997
The Dwelling Place
Writer
1994The Dwelling Place
Creator
1994
Colour Blind
Writer
1998Colour Blind
Creator
1998
The Black Velvet Gown
Writer
1991
The Fifteen Streets
Novel
1989
The Moth
Creator
1997
The Secret
Novel
2000The Secret
Creator
2000
The Gambling Man
Writer
1995The Gambling Man
Creator
1995
The Round Tower
Writer
1998
The Man Who Cried
Novel
1993
The Girl
Writer
1996Our John Willie
Novel
1980
The Moth
Writer
1997
The Black Candle
Novel
1991
Jacqueline
Additional Dialogue
1956Jacqueline
Novel
1956
Rooney
Novel
1958Joe and the Gladiator
Writer
1971
The Storyteller
Self
2007