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In 1948, Brandel met [[Patricia Highsmith]]. They became engaged in May 1949, just before her first trip to Europe, but they broke it off in the fall of 1950.<ref>Andrew Wilson, ”Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith” (New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2003, {{ISBN|1582341982}}, pp. 143–170</ref> |
In 1948, Brandel met [[Patricia Highsmith]]. They became engaged in May 1949, just before her first trip to Europe, but they broke it off in the fall of 1950.<ref>Andrew Wilson, ”Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith” (New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2003, {{ISBN|1582341982}}, pp. 143–170</ref> |
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With Ruda Dauphin (born Podemska), president of Odeon International, Brandel had a daughter, Antonia Beresford Dauphin.<ref>”The Author’s & Writer’s Who’s Who”, Issue 5 (Burke’s Peerage, 1963), page 61</ref> She married the producer [[Peter Newman (film producer)|Peter Newman]] and is the mother of [[Romilly Newman]] and the actors [[Griffin Newman|Griffin]] and [[James Newman (actor)|James Newman]].<ref>”The Hollywood Reporter”, vol. 153, Wilkerson Daily Corp. 1992, p. 130</ref> |
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Brandel died in [[Santa Monica, California]]. |
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Latest revision as of 18:08, 5 October 2025
Marc Brandel (28 March 1919 – 16 November 1994) was an English writer of plays, screenplays, and novels. He began life as Marcus Beresford.
The son of the writer J. D. Beresford and his second wife, Beatrice Auford Roskams, Brandel changed his name during the 1960s. Eleven of his novels were published. His best-known play was “The Man Who Let It Rain” first produced at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, and he wrote television plays for the BBC and ITV. He was also a screenwriter for many television series, including The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Kraft Television Theatre, The Three Investigators, Playhouse 90, Honey West, Barnaby Jones and Fantasy Island, and a journalist, writing for Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, Colliers, and Cosmopolitan.[1]
He was drawn to the artistic community of Ballydehob, County Cork, Ireland, and lived there for some years. His children’s book Mine of Lost Days was inspired by the Cappaghglass copper mine and illustrated by his friend John Verling.[2]
In 1948, Brandel met Patricia Highsmith. They became engaged in May 1949, just before her first trip to Europe, but they broke it off in the fall of 1950.[3]
With Ruda Dauphin (born Podemska), president of Odeon International, Brandel had a daughter, Antonia Beresford Dauphin.[4] She married the producer Peter Newman and is the mother of Romilly Newman and the actors Griffin and James Newman.[5]
Brandel died in Santa Monica, California.
- Rain Before Seven (1945)
- The Rod and the Staff (1947)
- The Barriers Between (1949)
- The Choice (1950)
- The Time of the Fire (1954)
- The Man Who Liked Women (1972)
- The Mine of Lost Days (1974)
- Survivor (1976)
- The Lizard’s Tail (1979)
- Murder in the Family (1985)
- A Life of Her Own (1985)
- ^ “Marc Brandel”, Goodreads, accessed 5 October 2025
- ^ “The Writers”, Ballydehob Arts Museum, accessed 5 October 2025
- ^ Andrew Wilson, Beautiful Shadow: A Life of Patricia Highsmith (New York and London: Bloomsbury, 2003, ISBN 1582341982, pp. 143–170
- ^ The Author’s & Writer’s Who’s Who, Issue 5 (Burke’s Peerage, 1963), page 61
- ^ The Hollywood Reporter, vol. 153, Wilkerson Daily Corp. 1992, p. 130
