Actress Sue Johnston (1943)

A British two-part drama mini-series called A Passionate Woman (2010) was broadcasted on BBC One in April 2010. The inspiration behind the story came from writer Kay Mellor’s mother, who had shared with her a secret affair with a Polish neighbor during their time living in a less affluent area of Leeds in the 1950s. Unfortunately, the unnamed Pole met a tragic end, ultimately putting an end to her mother’s infidelity which she had kept hidden for three decades before revealing it all. Mellor revealed that writing this piece was a way for her to bring her late mother back to life. The work initially began as ...