Lucy Neal Dahl (born 4 August 1965) is a British screenwriter. She is one of the daughters of British author Roald Dahl and American actress Patricia Neal.
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 Lucy Dahl at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival | |
| Born | Lucy Neal Dahl 4 August 1965 |
| Occupation | Screenwriter |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Notable work | Writer of Wild Child |
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| Children | 2, including Phoebe Dahl |
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Career
editDahl wrote the screenplay for Wild Child based on her own experience at the independent school Abbot’s Hill in Hertfordshire, and the experiences of her daughters growing up in LA. She also served as a consultant on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, based on her father's book of the same name. She is also a content contributor to the online food and wine magazine Zester Daily.[1]
Personal life
editDahl was born at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford,[2] She has been married twice. She married first, in 1987, Michael Faircloth, with whom she has two daughters, Phoebe Dahl (born 4 November 1988) and Chloe Michaela Dahl (born 12 September 1990). The couple divorced in 1991. Dahl's second marriage was in 2002, to John LaViolette. They divorced in 2016.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ zesterdaily.com articles by Lucy Dahl Archived 15 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Shearer, Stephen Michael (16 March 2021). Patricia Neal: An Unquiet Life. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-8072-4.
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