Pauline Devaney
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Pauline Devaney is a British actress, writer and artist, best known for her television writing in partnership with her husband Edwin Apps.
Devaney trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
She and Apps both began their careers as actors, but branched into screenwriting while between jobs, originally writing under the name "John Wraith". with All Gas and Gaiters
(1966-71), the series that brought Derek Nimmo
into the public eye. A later attempt to write for Nimmo in 1974 proved unsuccessful.
Devaney appeared in small parts on television during the 1960s, notably as a recurring character in the hospital drama Emergency - Ward 10. With her husband Edwin Apps, she appeared in two comedy series by N. F. Simpson
: Three Rousing Tinkles (1966) and Four Tall Tinkles (1967). During the 1980s she wrote a one-woman stage play, To Marie with Love, based on the life of Marie Stopes
, which she took to the Edinburgh Festival
in 1985.
Devaney began studying art in 1999. After winning the Winchester Art Competition in 2001, she took up art as a full-time career, and now divides her time between Lewes
, Sussex, and the Languedoc
.
Devaney trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art is a drama school located in London, United Kingdom. It is generally regarded as one of the most renowned drama schools in the world, and is one of the oldest drama schools in the United Kingdom, having been founded in 1904.RADA is an affiliate school of the...
She and Apps both began their careers as actors, but branched into screenwriting while between jobs, originally writing under the name "John Wraith". with All Gas and Gaiters
All Gas and Gaiters
All Gas and Gaiters was a British television ecclesiastical sitcom which aired on BBC1 from 1966 to 1971. It was written by Pauline Devaney and Edwin Apps, a husband-and-wife team who used the pseudonym of "John Wraith" when writing the pilot...
(1966-71), the series that brought Derek Nimmo
Derek Nimmo
Derek Robert Nimmo was an English character actor. He was particularly associated with upper-class "silly-ass" roles, and clerical roles.-Career:...
into the public eye. A later attempt to write for Nimmo in 1974 proved unsuccessful.
Devaney appeared in small parts on television during the 1960s, notably as a recurring character in the hospital drama Emergency - Ward 10. With her husband Edwin Apps, she appeared in two comedy series by N. F. Simpson
N. F. Simpson
Norman Frederick Simpson was an English playwright closely associated with the Theatre of the Absurd. To his friends he was known as Wally Simpson, in comic reference to the abdication crisis of 1936.-Early years:...
: Three Rousing Tinkles (1966) and Four Tall Tinkles (1967). During the 1980s she wrote a one-woman stage play, To Marie with Love, based on the life of Marie Stopes
Marie Stopes
Marie Carmichael Stopes was a British author, palaeobotanist, campaigner for women's rights and pioneer in the field of birth control...
, which she took to the Edinburgh Festival
Edinburgh Festival
The Edinburgh Festival is a collective term for many arts and cultural festivals that take place in Edinburgh, Scotland each summer, mostly in August...
in 1985.
Devaney began studying art in 1999. After winning the Winchester Art Competition in 2001, she took up art as a full-time career, and now divides her time between Lewes
Lewes
Lewes is the county town of East Sussex, England and historically of all of Sussex. It is a civil parish and is the centre of the Lewes local government district. The settlement has a history as a bridging point and as a market town, and today as a communications hub and tourist-oriented town...
, Sussex, and the Languedoc
Languedoc
Languedoc is a former province of France, now continued in the modern-day régions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Midi-Pyrénées in the south of France, and whose capital city was Toulouse, now in Midi-Pyrénées. It had an area of approximately 42,700 km² .-Geographical Extent:The traditional...
.