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Bridget O'Connor (18 January 1961 – 22 September 2010) was a BAFTA-winning author, playwright and screenwriter.
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Dec 8, 2021 · The classic Cold War drama 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' changed Peter Straughan's life – but his co-writer and wife Bridget O'Connor sadly died
Bridget O'Connor. Writer: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Bridget was born and raised in Harrow, London. From a large family, she was the second of 5 children. Her parents are Irish, her mother Bridie hails from Limerick and her father Jim is from Cork. As a result, Bridget grew up around Ceilidh bands and dancing.
Jun 23, 2021 · Bridget O’Connor. Photograph: Peter Straughan. Martina Evans. Wed Jun 23 2021 - 06:00. Here Comes John (1993), Bridget O’Connor’s first book of stories, blew in like a high wind in...
Feb 14, 2012 · Peter Straughan and Bridget O'Connor turned John Le Carre's classic Cold War novel Tailor Soldier Spy into a Bafta-winning screenplay. Its next mission? The Oscars.
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Bridget O'Connor was an English playwright and screenwriter with Irish roots who is most notable for co-penning the script for the acclaimed espionage film "Tinker Tailor Soldier...
Feb 27, 2024 · If you've seen the film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth and Toby Jones, then you'll know the work of London-Irish writer Bridget O'Connor.
Jan 2, 2009 · Bridget O’Connor’s cruelly shortened writing career yielded two collections of short-stories, Here Comes John (1993) and. Tell Her You Love Her (1997); six plays (two co-written) for radio and stage, among them. Becoming the Rose (2000) and. The Flags (2006); and three co-written screenplays, including. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier ...
Bridget O’Connor was born in London in 1961, and began her career as a writer whilst working in a building-site canteen. In her spare moments she penned darkly comic and excruciatingly well observed short stories, one of which, Harp, won the 1991 Time Out short story prize.
