P. D. James
Birthday
1920/08/03
Day of death
2014/11/27 (94 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
Also know as
Phyllis Dorothy James, P.D. James
Biography
Phyllis Dorothy James, Baroness James of Holland Park, OBE, FRSA, FRSL (August 3, 1920 – November 27, 2014), known professionally as P. D. James, was an English novelist and life peer. Her rise to fame came with her series of detective novels featuring the police commander and poet, Adam Dalgliesh. James was born in Oxford, the daughter of Sidney Victor James, a tax inspector, and his wife, Dorothy Mary James. She was educated at the British School in Ludlow and Cambridge High School for Girls....Read more
Acting
(1995) Presumption: The Life of Jane Austen
as Self
(2006) Children of Men
as Café Customer (uncredited)
(1995) Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen
as Self
(1989) Prisoners of Gravity
as Self
(1978) The South Bank Show
as Self
(2007) The Big Questions
as Self
(2013) A Very British Murder with Lucy Worsley
as Herself
(1975) Apostrophes
as Self