Grazyna Monvid
Encyclopedia
Grazyna Monvid is a British
actress, author
and award-winning playwright
.
As an actress Monvid has appeared in various British television dramas including The Liver Birds
, Emmerdale Farm, Casualty
, Game, Set and Match and Checking In, Checking Out.
In the 1980s, as a tv writer, she penned three series of ITV's
schools series 'Starting Out' which starred Rolf Saxon
, Ian Mercer
, Joanna Lumley
, Amanda Noar
and Kevin Lloyd
, as well as episodes of Dramarama
A Change in Time and Scene
.
As a playwright Monvid's works include The Enemy Within.
United Kingdom
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actress, author
Author
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and award-winning playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
.
As an actress Monvid has appeared in various British television dramas including The Liver Birds
The Liver Birds
The Liver Birds is a British situation comedy, set in Liverpool, Merseyside, North-West of England, which aired on BBC1 from 1969 to 1978, and again in 1996. It was created by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor. The two Liverpool housewives had met at a local writers club and decided to pool their talents...
, Emmerdale Farm, Casualty
Casualty (TV series)
Casualty, stylised as Casual+y, is a British weekly television show broadcast on BBC One, and the longest-running emergency medical drama television series in the world. Created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, it was first broadcast on 6 September 1986, and transmitted in the UK on BBC One. The...
, Game, Set and Match and Checking In, Checking Out.
In the 1980s, as a tv writer, she penned three series of ITV's
ITV
ITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
schools series 'Starting Out' which starred Rolf Saxon
Rolf Saxon
Rolf Saxon , is an American actor living in London.Saxon was born in Alexandria, Virginia. He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, England where he was awarded the Gold Medal on his graduation, and also studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco,...
, Ian Mercer
Ian Mercer
Ian Mercer is an English actor. On leaving school Mercer trained as an electrical engineer but decided to become an actor when he became an assistant stage manager at the Oldham Coliseum in 1979. His first television appearance was as a butcher in the film Blue Money in 1982...
, Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lumley
Joanna Lamond Lumley, OBE, FRGS is a British actress, voice-over artist, former-model and author, best known for her roles in British television series Absolutely Fabulous portraying Edina Monsoon's best friend, Patsy Stone, as well as parts in The New Avengers, Sapphire & Steel, and Sensitive...
, Amanda Noar
Amanda Noar
Amanda Noar is an English actress, choreographer and producer, and is the former wife of actor Neil Morrissey.Noar trained at the Arts Educational School. Her first television role was in 1980s ITV schools series Starting Out, written by Grazyna Monvid...
and Kevin Lloyd
Kevin Lloyd
Kevin Reardon Lloyd was a British actor, born in Derby, and trained at East 15 Acting School, London. Best known for his part of DC Alfred "Tosh" Lines in Thames Television's The Bill....
, as well as episodes of Dramarama
Dramarama (TV series)
Dramarama is the name of a British children's' anthology series broadcast on ITV between 1983 and 1989. It tended to feature drama of a science fiction or supernatural bent. The programme was administered by Tyne Tees Television in Newcastle, who had a track-record for organising cross-franchise...
A Change in Time and Scene
Scene (UK TV series)
Scene is a British television anthology drama series made by the BBC for teenagers. Featuring plays on topical issues, sometimes of a controversial nature, and by leading contemporary playwrights, programs were originally broadcast to a school audience as part of the BBC Schools strand. Dramas from...
.
As a playwright Monvid's works include The Enemy Within.
Publications
- Challenges: Four Plays from ITV's Starting Out Series (Heinemann Floodlights) 1986 ISBN 0435236407