Ruth Rendell

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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… IMDB Wikipedia $20 million 1930 2015 Alias Betty Authors Barbara Vine Baroness Rendell of Babergh CBE Crime writer Don Rendell Don Rendell (m. 1950–1975) Don Rendell (m. 1977–1999) English people February 17 La Cérémonie London Loopy May 2 Novelist Politician Rendell Ruth Ruth Barbara Grasemann Ruth Rendell Ruth Rendell Net Worth Simon Rendell South Woodford The Bridesmaid The New Girlfriend Trembling Flesh United Kingdom Valentin Valentin

Ruth Rendell Quick Info

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

Ruth Rendell Quotes

  • I think if you’re a woman you are naturally a feminist. Unless you’re hiding something.
  • [on reading] Some say life is the thing. I prefer reading.

Ruth Rendell Important Facts

  • 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.
  • She wrote more than 60 crime novels in a career spanning 50 years. Her best-known character is Inspector Wexford.
  • Her alternative pen name “Barbara Vine” comes from her middle name and one of her great grandmothers’ maiden names.
  • The Rendells divorced in 1975 but remarried two years later and remained together until Don’s death in 1999.
  • 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”.
  • Crime novelist since 1964.
  • Educated at Loughton County High School.
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
  • 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.

Ruth Rendell Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
Valentin Valentin 2014 novel Tigerlily’s Orchids Writer
Une nouvelle amie 2014 novel The New Girlfriend Writer
13 Steps Down 2012 TV Series novel – 2 episodes Writer
La demoiselle d’honneur 2004 novel Writer
Loopy 2004/I Short story Writer
A Sight for Sore Eyes 2003 novel “A Sight for Sore Eyes” Writer
No Night Is Too Long 2002 TV Movie as Barbara Vine Writer
Alias Betty 2001 novel “The Tree of Hands” Writer
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 Writer
Live Flesh 1997 novel Writer
La Cérémonie 1995 novel “A Judgment in Stone” Writer
A Dark Adapted Eye 1994 TV Series novel – as Barbara Vine Writer
Mystery!: Gallowglass 1993 TV Mini-Series from the novel by – 3 episodes Writer
A Fatal Inversion 1992 TV Series novel – 3 episodes Writer
A Demon in My View 1991 novel “A Demon in My View” Writer
Le masque TV Series novel “To fear a painted devil” – 1 episode, 1989 short story “Divided We Stand” – 1 episode, 1989 Writer
Innocent Victim 1989 novel Writer
The Face of Trespass 1988 TV Movie novel Writer
Screen Two 1988 TV Series novel “The Lake of Darkness” – 1 episode Writer
A Judgment in Stone 1986 novel “A Judgement in Stone” Writer
Tales of the Unexpected 1981-1985 TV Series story – 2 episodes Writer
Diary of the Dead 1976 novel “One Across, Two Down” Writer
Imagine 2012 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Late Review 2011 TV Series Herself Self
Faulks on Fiction 2011 TV Series documentary Herself Self
George Baker: Wexford and Me 2008 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Profiling 2008 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Drama Trails 2008 TV Series documentary Herself Self
This Morning 2008 TV Series Herself Self
The South Bank Show 2004 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Bestseller 2002 TV Series Herself – Author Self
A Pleasant Terror: The Life and Ghost of M.R. James 1995 TV Movie documentary Herself Self
This Is Your Life 1995 TV Series documentary Herself Self
Forty Years at the I.C.A. 1987 TV Series Herself Archive Footage