A 1991 TV film starring an Irish born actress known for her role as Detective Sergeant Jane Penhaligon in Cracker, was based on a novel by what author?
The Black Velvet Gown The Black Velvet Gown is a 1991 TV film, based on the novel by Catherine Cookson, and starring Janet McTeer, Geraldine Somerville, and Bob Peck. It won an International Emmy for Best Drama.
Joyce Burditt Joyce Burditt is a writer and network executive known for creating the TV series "", which ran for almost 200 episodes and TV movies. She has also been a longtime writer and producer on such TV series as "Perry Mason", "Matlock", and the "Father Dowling Mysteries". She wrote a best selling novel, "The Cracker Factory", in 1977, about an alcoholic housewife, which is partly drawn from her own experience in and out of institutions. It was made into an American TV movie of the same name. This was followed by the sequel, "The Cracker Factory 2: Welcome to Women's Group", in 2010. She wrote the humorous novel "Triplets", in 1982, and the mystery novel "Buck Naked", about a Los Angeles detective heroine, in 1998.