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Mar 31, 1929 Died on 14 Aug 2006 (aged 77)
British director, screenwriter, and producer
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About Zelda Barron
- Zelda Barron (née Zelda Ruth Solomons, 31 March 1929 – 14 August 2006) was a British director, screenwriter, and producer known for films like Shag, Secret Places, and The Bulldance.Barron was born in Manchester, England, in 1929, the fifth of six children born to a Russia-born tailor and an English mother from a wealthy family.
- She wanted to attend university, but her parents pushed her to instead go to secretarial school.She married British actor Ron Barron in 1953 while working as a secretary in the British film industry.
- By the 1960s, she was working as a script supervisor at Woodfall Film Productions on films like If...
- and Isadora,eventually gaining recognition for her talents as a script doctor on films like Reds and Yentl.Under Skreba Productions, which she co-founded with Simon Relph and Ann Skinner, she went to work on her own films, including Secret Places, which she wrote and directed. She's also known for her work as a music video director; she directed four videos for Boy George in the ’80s.She retired from filmmaking after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.
- She died in Ireland at the age of 77.Her son, Steve Barron, is a U.K.-based director, and her daughter, Siobhan Barron, is a costume designer.
