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{{Short description|American TV and film writer (born 1959)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lise Mayer
| name = Lise Mayer
| image = Lise Mayer and Angus Deayton 1.jpg
| image = Lise Mayer (cropped).jpg
| caption = Lise Mayer and [[Angus Deayton]] at the Lighthouse Gala auction in aid of the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]] in March 2007
| caption = Mayer at the Lighthouse Gala auction in aid of the [[Terrence Higgins Trust]] in March 2007
| birth_name =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|11|29}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1959|11|29}}
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[U.S.]]
| birth_place = [[Chicago]], Illinois, U.S.
| occupation = Screenwriter
| occupation = Screenwriter
| years_active = 1981–present
| years_active = 1981–present
| partner = [[Rik Mayall]]<br />[[Angus Deayton]] (1991–2015)
| partner = [[Rik Mayall]]<br />[[Angus Deayton]] (1991–2015)
| children = 1
| children = 1
| relatives = [[Catherine Mayer]] (sister)
| relatives = [[Catherine Mayer]] (sister) <br /> [[David Mayer (historian)|David Mayer]] (father)
| website =
| website =
}}
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'''Lise Mayer''' (born 29 November 1957)<ref>{{Cite web|title=LISE MAYER - LONDON - WRITER|url=http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/2925937/LISE-MAYER|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.checkcompany.co.uk}}</ref> is an American-born English television and film writer, best known as, alongside [[Rik Mayall]] and [[Ben Elton]], a creator and co-writer of the [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]''.
'''Lise Mayer''' (born 29 November 1959)<ref>{{Cite web|title=LISE MAYER - LONDON - WRITER|url=http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/2925937/LISE-MAYER|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.checkcompany.co.uk}}</ref> is an American television and film writer. She was creator and co-writer, alongside [[Rik Mayall]] and [[Ben Elton]], of the [[BBC]] comedy series ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]''.
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==Background and work==
==Background and work==
Mayer was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Act your age? This woman says you don't have to|url=https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/act-your-age-this-woman-says-you-don-t-have-to-1.24389|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.thejc.com}}</ref> to David and Anne Mayer.<ref name=Wilmut-1989>{{cite book|last=Wilmut|first=Roger|title=Didn't You Kill My Mother In Law?- the story of alternative comedy in Britain from the Comedy Store to Saturday Night Live|year=1989|publisher=Methuen|location=UK|isbn=0-413-17390-9|pages=98–99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mrQqAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> Lise met Rik Mayall when she was at school in [[Manchester]] and Mayall came to study drama at [[Manchester University]], where her father was a professor.<ref>The Young Ones DVD extras</ref> Her mother is a theatre publicist.<ref name=ES_Blair>{{cite news | last = Halliburton | first = Rachel | title = This woman can have Blair any time | work = [[London Evening Standard]] | date = 8 January 2004 | url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/this-woman-can-have-blair-any-time-6940943.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Langdon | first = Julia | author-link = Julia Langdon | title = I think it's amazing how unequal we are | work = [[The Guardian]] | publisher = [[Guardian Media Group]] | date = 16 July 2007 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jul/16/mondaymediasection.genderissues }}</ref> In addition to ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'', she has written for television programmes including ''The Last Resort'', ''Paramount City'', ''London Underground'', ''[[The Fast Show]]'', ''[[Saturday Zoo]]'' and ''[[Casualty (television)|Casualty]]'', and produced [[Denis Leary]]'s ''No Cure For Cancer''.
Mayer was born in [[Chicago]], Illinois,<ref>{{cite web|title=Act your age? This woman says you don't have to|url=https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/act-your-age-this-woman-says-you-don-t-have-to-1.24389|access-date=2021-04-07|website=www.thejc.com}}</ref> to David and Anne Mayer.<ref name=Wilmut-1989>{{cite book|last=Wilmut|first=Roger|title=Didn't You Kill My Mother In Law? – the story of alternative comedy in Britain from the Comedy Store to Saturday Night Live|year=1989|publisher=Methuen|location=UK|isbn=0-413-17390-9|pages=98–99|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mrQqAAAAMAAJ}}</ref> She met Rik Mayall when she was at school in [[Manchester]] and Mayall came to study drama at [[Manchester University]], where her father was a professor.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Her mother is a theatre publicist.<ref name=ES_Blair>{{cite news | last = Halliburton | first = Rachel | title = This woman can have Blair any time | work = [[London Evening Standard]] | date = 8 January 2004 | url = https://www.standard.co.uk/news/this-woman-can-have-blair-any-time-6940943.html }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Langdon | first = Julia | author-link = Julia Langdon | title = I think it's amazing how unequal we are | work = [[The Guardian]] | date = 16 July 2007 | url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jul/16/mondaymediasection.genderissues }}</ref> In addition to ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]'', she has written for television programmes including ''The Last Resort'', ''Paramount City'', ''London Underground'', ''[[The Fast Show]]'', ''[[Saturday Zoo]]'' and ''[[Casualty (television)|Casualty]]'', and produced [[Denis Leary]]'s ''No Cure For Cancer''.


She was a writer/consultant for the film ''[[The Borrowers (1997 film)|The Borrowers]]'', and co writer of ''[[Suite 16 (film)|Suite 16]]'', ''[[Paper Marriage]]'', ''[[Flushed Away]]'' and ''[[The Matchmaker]]''. Books include ''Bachelor Boys: The Young Ones Book'', ''People I Have Shot'' (with ITN cameraman Sebastian Rich), ''The Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book'', ''Go to Bed With Jonathan Ross'', ''Amassed Hysteria'' and ''In Search of Happiness'' (with Angus Deayton). She is an activist and filmmaker for the advocacy group, the Citizens. <ref>https://the-citizens.com/about-us/</ref>
She was a writer/consultant for the film ''[[The Borrowers (1997 film)|The Borrowers]]'', and co-writer of ''[[Suite 16 (film)|Suite 16]]'', ''[[Paper Marriage]]'', ''[[Flushed Away]]'' and ''[[The Matchmaker]]''. Books include ''Bachelor Boys: The Young Ones Book'', ''People I Have Shot'' (with ITN cameraman Sebastian Rich), ''The Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book'', ''Go to Bed With Jonathan Ross'', ''Amassed Hysteria'' and ''In Search of Happiness'' (with Angus Deayton). She is an activist and filmmaker for the advocacy group The Citizens.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the-citizens.com/about-us/|title = The Citizens|date = 16 September 2020}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
[[File:Lise Mayer and Angus Deayton 1.jpg|thumb|left|Mayer and her then-partner [[Angus Deayton]] in 2007]]
Mayer was in a relationship with [[Rik Mayall]], co-writer and star of ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]''. She has a son, Isaac, with comedian and television presenter [[Angus Deayton]], with whom she was in a relationship from 1991 to 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bagwell|first=Matt|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/19/angus-deayton-girlfriend-split_n_6900950.html|title=Angus Deayton Splits From Girlfriend Lise Mayer After 24 Years Together|work=The Huffington Post|date=19 March 2015|access-date=12 April 2016}}</ref> Her sister, [[Catherine Mayer]], co founded the [[Women's Equality Party]] with [[Sandi Toksvig]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Cocozza | first = Paula | title = Women's Equality party founders: 'It needed doing. So we said, "Let's do it"' | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/28/womens-equality-party-founders-it-needed-doing-so-we-said-lets-do-it-sandi-toksvig | work = [[The Guardian]] | publisher = [[Guardian Media Group]] | date = 28 August 2015 | access-date = 12 April 2016 }}</ref> She has another sister named Cassie.
Mayer was in a relationship until 1985 with [[Rik Mayall]], including the period when they co-wrote ''[[The Young Ones (TV series)|The Young Ones]]''.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[FanSided]]|title=Rik Mayall had quite the love life that included a fling with an actress from Bottom|author=Zamora, Natalie|url=https://hiddenremote.com/2022/06/24/rik-mayall-love-life-bottom-actress-barbara-robbin/|date=June 24, 2022}}</ref> She has a son with comedian and television presenter [[Angus Deayton]], with whom she was in a relationship from 1991 to 2015.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bagwell|first=Matt|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/03/19/angus-deayton-girlfriend-split_n_6900950.html|title=Angus Deayton Splits From Girlfriend Lise Mayer After 24 Years Together|work=The Huffington Post|date=19 March 2015|access-date=12 April 2016}}</ref> Her sister, [[Catherine Mayer]], co-founded the [[Women's Equality Party]] with [[Sandi Toksvig]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Cocozza | first = Paula | title = Women's Equality party founders: 'It needed doing. So we said, "Let's do it"' | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/28/womens-equality-party-founders-it-needed-doing-so-we-said-lets-do-it-sandi-toksvig | work = [[The Guardian]] | date = 28 August 2015 | access-date = 12 April 2016 }}</ref>


==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:24, 29 August 2024

Lise Mayer
Mayer at the Lighthouse Gala auction in aid of the Terrence Higgins Trust in March 2007
Born (1959-11-29) 29 November 1959 (age 65)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1981–present
Partner(s)Rik Mayall
Angus Deayton (1991–2015)
Children1
RelativesCatherine Mayer (sister)
David Mayer (father)

Lise Mayer (born 29 November 1959)[1] is an American television and film writer. She was creator and co-writer, alongside Rik Mayall and Ben Elton, of the BBC comedy series The Young Ones.

Background and work

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Mayer was born in Chicago, Illinois,[2] to David and Anne Mayer.[3] She met Rik Mayall when she was at school in Manchester and Mayall came to study drama at Manchester University, where her father was a professor.[citation needed] Her mother is a theatre publicist.[4][5] In addition to The Young Ones, she has written for television programmes including The Last Resort, Paramount City, London Underground, The Fast Show, Saturday Zoo and Casualty, and produced Denis Leary's No Cure For Cancer.

She was a writer/consultant for the film The Borrowers, and co-writer of Suite 16, Paper Marriage, Flushed Away and The Matchmaker. Books include Bachelor Boys: The Young Ones Book, People I Have Shot (with ITN cameraman Sebastian Rich), The Utterly Merry Comic Relief Christmas Book, Go to Bed With Jonathan Ross, Amassed Hysteria and In Search of Happiness (with Angus Deayton). She is an activist and filmmaker for the advocacy group The Citizens.[6]

Personal life

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Mayer and her then-partner Angus Deayton in 2007

Mayer was in a relationship until 1985 with Rik Mayall, including the period when they co-wrote The Young Ones.[7] She has a son with comedian and television presenter Angus Deayton, with whom she was in a relationship from 1991 to 2015.[8] Her sister, Catherine Mayer, co-founded the Women's Equality Party with Sandi Toksvig.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "LISE MAYER - LONDON - WRITER". www.checkcompany.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Act your age? This woman says you don't have to". www.thejc.com. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  3. ^ Wilmut, Roger (1989). Didn't You Kill My Mother In Law? – the story of alternative comedy in Britain from the Comedy Store to Saturday Night Live. UK: Methuen. pp. 98–99. ISBN 0-413-17390-9.
  4. ^ Halliburton, Rachel (8 January 2004). "This woman can have Blair any time". London Evening Standard.
  5. ^ Langdon, Julia (16 July 2007). "I think it's amazing how unequal we are". The Guardian.
  6. ^ "The Citizens". 16 September 2020.
  7. ^ Zamora, Natalie (24 June 2022). "Rik Mayall had quite the love life that included a fling with an actress from Bottom". FanSided.
  8. ^ Bagwell, Matt (19 March 2015). "Angus Deayton Splits From Girlfriend Lise Mayer After 24 Years Together". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  9. ^ Cocozza, Paula (28 August 2015). "Women's Equality party founders: 'It needed doing. So we said, "Let's do it"'". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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