Personal Info

Known For

Writing

Known Credits

70

Gender

Female

Birthday

1943-03-15 (82 years old)

Place of Birth

Liverpool, England, UK

Also Known As

Lynda Marchal

Lynda La Plante

Biography

Lynda La Plante, CBE, is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series.

Known For

The Draughtsman's Contract

The Draughtsman's Contract

Acting

Goodbye Granadaland

2013

Goodbye Granadaland

as

Self

Beasts: Special Offer

1976

Beasts: Special Offer

as

Young Woman

An Audience with Freddie Starr

1996

An Audience with Freddie Starr

as

The Draughtsman's Contract

1982

The Draughtsman's Contract

as

Mrs Clement

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

1980

Why Didn't They Ask Evans?

as

Mrs. Roberts

High Road to China

1983

High Road to China

as

Lina

Coming Out

1979

Coming Out

as

Cecilia Plasche (as Lynda Marchal)

This Morning

This Morning

as

Self

The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch

as

Z-Cars

Z-Cars

as

Janey Hinden (as Lynda Marchal)

The Paul O'Grady Show

The Paul O'Grady Show

as

The Sweeney

The Sweeney

as

Eve Fisher

Beasts

Beasts

as

Young Woman

Play for Today

Play for Today

as

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

Agatha Christie's Partners in Crime

as

Educating Marmalade

Educating Marmalade

as

Mrs Atkins

Rentaghost

Rentaghost

as

Bergerac

Bergerac

as

Lisa Reynolds

Out

Out

as

Angela

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

as

The Professionals

The Professionals

as

Viv Copeland

The Doctors

The Doctors

as

Molly Dolan

Production

Framed

2002

Framed

as

Imagine Me & You

2006

Imagine Me & You

as

The Prosecutors

1996

The Prosecutors

as

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect

as

The Lifeboat

The Lifeboat

as

Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion

as

Prime Suspect

Prime Suspect

as

She's Out

She's Out

as

Crew

Mind Games

2001

Mind Games

as

Widows

2018

Widows

as

Killer Net

Killer Net

as

Directing