Bridget Boland (1) (1913–1988)

Bridget Boland, born in London, was the daughter of Irish politician John Pius Boland and his wife Eileen Querin Boland. She was educated at the Convent of the Sacred Heart in Roehampton and at Oxford University, where she studied philosophy, politics, and economics. She became a film writer and novelist. During World War II, she served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the women's branch of the British Army, and began producing plays for the troops to boost morale. Among her well-known screenplays were Gaslight (1940), The Prisoner (1955), and Anne of the Thousand Days (1969).