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Morton, David (12 June 2013). "Remember When: The Death of South Shields author Catherine Cookson" . Retrieved 15 January 2018. In June 1940, at the age of 34, she married Tom Cookson, a teacher at Hastings Grammar School. After experiencing four miscarriages [8] late in pregnancy, it was discovered she was suffering from a rare vascular disease, [4] telangiectasia, which caused bleeding from the nose, fingers and stomach and resulted in anaemia. A mental breakdown followed the miscarriages, from which it took her a decade to recover. [6] Writing career [ edit ] a b c d e "16 facts about Dame Catherine Cookson on her 110th birthday". Shields Gazette. 27 June 2016. Archived from the original on 29 June 2018.

The Secret (2000) with Colin Buchanan, Hannah Yelland, Elizabeth Carling, Clare Higgins, and Stephen Moyer The tragedy of the story is that much of the paths chosen by the characters were preventable. There are a few characters who are admirable, and who triumph over their circumstances. Joseph's elderly friend Bertha Hanratty learns to cope with her sadness. Mr. Bright remains steadfastly loyal to his difficult and often unlovable, elderly employer.

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Cookson wrote almost 100 books, which sold more than 123 million copies, her novels being translated into at least 20 languages. She also wrote books under the pseudonyms Catherine Marchant [10] and a name derived from her childhood name, Katie McMullen. [11] She remained the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK for 17 years, [12] up until four years after her death, losing the top spot to Jacqueline Wilson only in 2002. [13] Books in film, on television and on stage [ edit ] Hollywood on Tyne: Catherine Cookson Dramas". bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 February 2006 . Retrieved 17 September 2007. Tilly Trotter (1999) with Carli Norris, Beth Goddard, Sarah Alexander, Amelia Bullmore, Rosemary Leach and Simon Shepherd

The film focuses on two sets of brothers in 1880s Yorkshire: the upper class but impoverished Lionel (Parker) and Douglas Filmore (Robert Hines) and the lower class Skinner brothers, Joe (Gaddas) and Fred (Bob Smeaton). The script could have been better - this is one story that might have benefited from being done in two parts if not more. We don't get much buildup to some of the events; they happen rather suddenly. Many of Cookson's novels have been adapted for film, radio, and the stage. The first film adaptation of her work was Jacqueline (1956), directed by Roy Ward Baker, based on her book A Grand Man. [14]Cookson, Dame Catherine (Ann), (20 June 1906–11 June 1998), author, since 1950". WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 2007. doi: 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u177701. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1 . Retrieved 11 June 2020. Beech.netpresto.co.uk" (PDF). www.sthct.nhs.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 September 2008 . Retrieved 5 April 2023. In 1983 Katie Mulholland was adapted into a stage musical by composer Eric Boswell and writer-director Ken Hill. Cookson attended the première. [16] Cookson received the Freedom of the Borough of South Tyneside, and an honorary degree from the University of Newcastle. [22] The Variety Club of Great Britain named her Writer of the Year, and she was voted Personality of the North East.

So a pattern began to form that would shape the lives of generations to come, a pattern of some good and some great evil, but all of it inexorably linking Bridget ever more closely with the Filmores and their house as well as the Skinners who work for Bridget. But it is Bridget who stands firmly at its centre, doing her best to shape the destinies of all around her over three generations. Cookson [née Davies], Dame Catherine Ann (1906–1998), writer". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (onlineed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/70039 . Retrieved 11 June 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) Little is known inside the Adam and Eve storyteller, though the oriental transcendental how English families offspring their maker. To like Romance on this note; we certainly see the difference. Cookson was portrayed by actress Kerry Browne in the 2018 award-winning film Our Catherine, co-written by Tom Kelly. Catherine Cookson - Person - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk . Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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Our John Willie (1980) with Ian Cullen, David Burke, James Garbutt, John Malcolm and Malcolm Terris

All titles from The Mallens onwards have been released on DVD in the UK and various other countries. Thomas, Robert McG Jr. (12 June 1998). "Catherine Cookson, 91, Prolific British Author". The New York Times . Retrieved 15 January 2018. Dame Catherine Ann Cookson, DBE ( 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 written in her own name or two other pen names, she is one of the most prolific British novelists. Needless to say, the acting across the line is terrific. I thought Parker had a bad temper on "Inspector Lynley" - as Lynley he comes off mild-mannered compared to his performance in this. He's incredibly young here, too, and very handsome. When the devious Lionel Filmore enters Bridget’s family life, hoping to marry into her hard-earned wealth, she has to use all of her strength and ingenuity to keep her family together.What Katie did ...". Newcastle Journal. 30 September 1983. p.1 . Retrieved 30 October 2018– via British Newspaper Archive. I had read Catherine Cookson so many years ago, and didn't remember her writing making much of an impact on me at the time. Reading tastes often change over several years and I decided to give her a whirl. a b "Catherine Cookson". www.visitsouthtyneside.co.uk. Archived from the original on 16 January 2018 . Retrieved 15 January 2018.