Tessa Dahl
Tessa Dahl | |
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| Born | Chantal Sophia Dahl 11 April 1957 Oxford, England |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, journalist |
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| Partner | Julian Holloway (1976) |
| Children | 4, including Sophie Dahl |
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Chantal Sophia "Tessa" Dahl (born 11 April 1957) is a British author and former actress. She is the daughter of British-Norwegian author Roald Dahl and American actress Patricia Neal.
Early life
Dahl was born at
Herbert Bergof Acting Studio
.
Career
Dahl has worked as an actress, modelled, worked at an antique shop, worked at an employment agency and written articles for YOU Magazine. For many years, she was a contributing editor to the magazine Tatler.
Personal life
Dahl's relationship with actor
King Hussein I of Jordan and Queen Noor
; they married in 2020.
Tessa Dahl has also had relationships with
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role |
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| 1973 | Happy Mother's Day, Love George | Celia Perry |
| 1975 | Royal Flash | First Girl |
| 1976 | The Slipper and The Rose
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Princess |
| 1978 | Leopard in the Snow | Miss Framley |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Movin' On | Haley | Episode: "Prosperity #1" |
| 1992 | This Is Your Life
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Herself | Episode: "Gary Glitter" |
| 2005 | Imagine | Herself | Episode: "Fantastic Mr Dahl" |
| 2005 | The Wonderful World of Roald Dahl | Herself | TV movie documentary |
| 2005 | Come Home Gary Glitter | Herself | TV documentary |
| 2017 | Revolting | Herself - Roald Dahl's Daughter | Episode #1.5 |
Theatre
Apprenticed at the Barter Theatre, Abingdon, Va. (1972). The Deep Man by Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1979) Royal Exchange, Manchester.
Bibliography
- Working for Love (1988)
- The Same But Different (1988) – picture book
- Gwenda & the Animals (1989)
- School Can Wait (1990)
- Babies, Babies, Babies (1991) – picture book
- Everywoman's Experience of Pregnancy and Birth (1994)
References
- ISBN 978-0-8131-8072-4.
- ^ "For Love and Money : Celebrity Daughter Tessa Dahl Wrote Her First Novel Because She Needed a Job. She Also Needed the Applause." Los Angeles Times, 5 March 1989. Retrieved 10 November 2015
- ^ "A fairytale life" The Telegraph, 28 January 2003. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Great dynasties of the world: The Dahls" The Guardian, 19 November 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2017
- ^ "'In my youth," Tessa Dahl has said, "I was notorious not famous." Her father was legendary author Roald Dahl and her mother the movie star Patricia Neal. Life was never going to be conventional for Tessa." Sunday Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland), 26 December 2010].
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