Ruth Rendell Wiki Biography
Ruth Barbara Rendell, Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE, is an English author of thrillers and psychological murder mysteries. Rendell’s best-known creation, Chief Inspector Wexford, is the hero of many popular police stories, some of them successfully adapted for TV. But Ren…
| Full Name | Ruth Rendell |
| Net Worth | $20 Million |
| Date Of Birth | February 17, 1930, South Woodford, London, United Kingdom |
| Died | May 2, 2015, London, United Kingdom |
| Place Of Birth | South Woodford |
| Profession | Politician, Novelist, Crime writer |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Spouse | Don Rendell (m. 1977–1999), Don Rendell (m. 1950–1975) |
| Children | Simon Rendell |
| Parents | Arthur Grasemann, Ebba Kruse |
| Nicknames | Rendell Ruth , Ruth Barbara Grasemann , Barbara Vine , Baroness Rendell of Babergh, CBE |
| IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719334 |
| Awards | Gold Dagger, Cartier Diamond Dagger, Edgar Award for Best Novel, Edgar Grand Master Award, Edgar Award for Best Short Story, Martin Beck Award |
| Nominations | Dagger of Daggers, Agatha Award for Best Short Story |
| Movies | The New Girlfriend, Trembling Flesh, La Cérémonie, The Bridesmaid, Alias Betty, Loopy, Valentin Valentin |
| Quote | |
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| 1 | I think if you’re a woman you are naturally a feminist. Unless you’re hiding something. |
| 2 | [on reading] Some say life is the thing. I prefer reading. |
| Fact | |
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| 1 | She began her writing career as a reporter for an Essex newspaper. She was forced to resign after filing a story about a local sports club dinner that she hadn’t attended. Her report failed to mention that the after-dinner speaker had died half-way through the speech. |
| 2 | She wrote more than 60 crime novels in a career spanning 50 years. Her best-known character is Inspector Wexford. |
| 3 | Her alternative pen name “Barbara Vine” comes from her middle name and one of her great grandmothers’ maiden names. |
| 4 | The Rendells divorced in 1975 but remarried two years later and remained together until Don’s death in 1999. |
| 5 | She used her Danish ancestry (on her mother’s side) as the basis for her novel “Asta’s Book” and her experience as a life peer in the House of Lords as the basis for “The Blood Doctor”. |
| 6 | Crime novelist since 1964. |
| 7 | Educated at Loughton County High School. |
| 8 | Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. |
| 9 | She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1996 and awarded life peerage as Baroness in 1997 for her services to literature. |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valentin Valentin | 2014 | novel Tigerlily’s Orchids | |
| Une nouvelle amie | 2014 | novel The New Girlfriend | |
| 13 Steps Down | 2012 | TV Series novel – 2 episodes | |
| La demoiselle d’honneur | 2004 | novel | |
| Loopy | 2004/I | Short story | |
| A Sight for Sore Eyes | 2003 | novel “A Sight for Sore Eyes” | |
| No Night Is Too Long | 2002 | TV Movie as Barbara Vine | |
| Alias Betty | 2001 | novel “The Tree of Hands” | |
| Ruth Rendell Mysteries | TV Series novel – 48 episodes, 1987 – 2000 story – 34 episodes, 1987 – 1998 short story – 3 episodes, 1996 – 1997 two short stories – 1 episode, 1991 short story “Ginger and the Kingsmarkham Chalk Circle” – 1 episode, 1988 | ||
| Live Flesh | 1997 | novel | |
| La Cérémonie | 1995 | novel “A Judgment in Stone” | |
| A Dark Adapted Eye | 1994 | TV Series novel – as Barbara Vine | |
| Mystery!: Gallowglass | 1993 | TV Mini-Series from the novel by – 3 episodes | |
| A Fatal Inversion | 1992 | TV Series novel – 3 episodes | |
| A Demon in My View | 1991 | novel “A Demon in My View” | |
| Le masque | TV Series novel “To fear a painted devil” – 1 episode, 1989 short story “Divided We Stand” – 1 episode, 1989 | ||
| Innocent Victim | 1989 | novel | |
| The Face of Trespass | 1988 | TV Movie novel | |
| Screen Two | 1988 | TV Series novel “The Lake of Darkness” – 1 episode | |
| A Judgment in Stone | 1986 | novel “A Judgement in Stone” | |
| Tales of the Unexpected | 1981-1985 | TV Series story – 2 episodes | |
| Diary of the Dead | 1976 | novel “One Across, Two Down” |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imagine | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Late Review | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| Faulks on Fiction | 2011 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| George Baker: Wexford and Me | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Profiling | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Drama Trails | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| This Morning | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| The South Bank Show | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Bestseller | 2002 | TV Series | Herself – Author |
| A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghost of M.R. James | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| This Is Your Life | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forty Years at the I.C.A. | 1987 | TV Series | Herself |