Maureen Lipman



Profile:


Full name: Maureen Diane Lipman (CBE)

Area of interest: Culture, Arts, Humanitarian issues

Journals: The Guardian

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Blog: Comment is free...

Agents: Mulcahy & Viney Ltd; Celebrity Speakers; Conway, Van Gelder, Grant Voices

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Biography:
Education: London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art

Career: Theatre, Musicals and Actors web: biography

Current position/role: Guardian' column ended in October 2006


 * also writes/has written for: columns for Options, She, Good Housekeeping

Other roles:

Other activities: Actress, author, director

Disclosures:

Viewpoints/Insight:
 * BBC, This Week programme: Look back at the political week 14th July 2006
 * Jewish Chronicle: Regrets? They’ve all had a few 11th october 2007
 * Jewish Chronicle: Maureen Lipman in conversation with David Aaronovitch 31st December 2007

Film/TV/Radio: IMDb

Controversy/Criticism: Criticised by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown over comments made regarding the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in 2006 and media reporting of the conflict; Evening Standard: Lipman lands herself in it by Alison Roberts, 29th September 2006
 * see also: Sunday Times: What British Jews think of Israel's war David Rowan, 6th August 2006

Awards/Honours: Awards and nominations (Wikipedia)

Other: Married the dramatist Jack Rosenthal



Books & Debate:

 * Something to fall back on OCLC 20931436, 1987
 * When's it coming out? OCLC 28888345, 1992
 * You can read me like a book OCLC 35042186, 1995
 * Body & soul: a woman's guide to staying young OCLC 39612699, 1998
 * Lip reading OCLC 42913054, 1999
 * By Jack Rosenthal: an autobiography in six acts OCLC 57167876, 2005
 * The gibbon's in decline but the horse is stable: and other animal nonsense OCLC 70128624, 2006

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The Guardian:

 * column ended in October 2006

Column remit: Diary column sometimes touching upon issues of the day and current affairs

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Role: Columnist

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Day published: Monday

Regularity: Weekly

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Articles:

 * At last, I have time for all those things I've never done, such as shaving my legs, taking cocaine and going to Ikea - 9th October 2006
 * A friend was fined £200 for parking in a disabled space - because his disabled sticker fell off. Why are local councils so heartless? - 11th September 2006
 * I find chat shows hard work these days. It was so different when Ustinov and Niven were weaving their magic on Parky - 4th September 2006
 * I love tango - as long as I'm only watching it. So how on earth did I find myself being led on to a packed dancefloor? - 28th August 2006
 * Ireland: land of charm, humour, breathtaking vistas... and delicious homemade mayonnaise? - 21st August 2006
 * I'm relaxing after plodding around Prague, soaking up the sights. Then Allegra from Newsnight calls... - 7th August 2006
 * It's said a good actor can read the phone book and still hold the audience's attention. It was an challenge I couldn't refuse - 31st July 2006
 * As a confirmed dog lover I'm horrified by this slaughter of greyhounds. And as for the man who did it... - 24th July 2006
 * World Cup or Wimbledon, sometimes I just had to turn down the commentary and watch in silence - 10th July 2006
 * Sorry I couldn't be with you for your birthday, ma'am, but I had a prior engagement with your humble subjects - 3rd July 2006
 * Listen, I explained to my friend Kathy. I can't simply drop everything and jump onto the Eurostar - 26th June 2006
 * A jeans-clad Adonis, a stripper called Ursula... I'm sure the circus wasn't this much fun when I was a kid - 5th June 2006
 * I heard about this amazing hairdresser who cuts hair with glass. Why did I go and agree to a free demo? - 29th May 2006
 * Finding the right words - and the right music, when I make my debut as a radio director for Jack's last act - 15th May 2006



Links:

 * Wikipedia bio
 * Wikiquotes
 * BBC Norfolk: An audience with Maureen Lipman 17th July 2006 (video)