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Roberta Leigh
London, England
Roberta Leigh was an assumed name for Rita Lewin (née Shulman) (22 December 1926 – 19 December 2014) who was a British author, artist, composer and television producer. She wrote…
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Roberta Leigh was an assumed name for Rita Lewin (née Shulman) (22 December 1926 – 19 December 2014) who was a British author, artist, composer and television producer. She wrote romance fiction and children's stories under the pseudonyms Roberta Leigh, Rachel Lindsay, Janey Scott and Rozella Lake. She published her first novel in 1950 and was still actively working on new titles until a year before her death. In addition, she wrote and produced the children's puppet television series The Adventures of Twizzle, Sara and Hoppity, Torchy the Battery Boy, Wonder Boy and Tiger, Send for Dithers and Space Patrol.
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2022
Gerry Anderson: A Life Uncharted
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1967
The Solarnauts
TV show Writer
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1967
The Solarnauts
Movie Producer
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1964
Paul Starr
Movie Creator
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1963
Space Patrol
TV show Producer
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1960
Torchy the Battery Boy
TV show Creator
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1957
The Adventures of Twizzle
TV show Writer
