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The Sculptress: With Pauline Quirke, Caroline Goodall, Christopher Fulford, Sophie Stanton. Olive Martin (Quirke), a heavily overweight young woman is convicted of killing and butchering her mother and sister and sentenced to life imprisonment.
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- 1997-11-13
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The Sculptress (1993) is a crime novel by English writer Minette Walters. She won an Edgar and a Macavity Award for the book. The novel was adapted as a BBC -TV series in 1996, starring Pauline Quirke as Olive Martin.
Summaries. Olive Martin (Quirke), a heavily overweight young woman is convicted of killing and butchering her mother and sister and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, when she is assigned to write a book about her life, author Rosalind Leigh (Goodall) begins to develop a relationship with Olive and is soon convinced of her innocence.
Jan 1, 1993 · The Sculptress. Minette Walters. 3.92. 11,385 ratings434 reviews. In prison, they call her the Sculptress for the strange figurines she carves - symbols of the day she hacked her mother and sister to pieces and reassembled them in a blood-drenched jigsaw.
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The Sculptress is a four-part drama about a writer who investigates a murder confession by a mysterious woman. Watch the episodes online or find out when they are next on TV.
Sat, Feb 24, 1996. Writer Rosalind Leigh is given a subject, the Sculptress, Olive Martin, a woman who butchered her Mother and Sister. 7.9/10 (10) Rate. Top-rated. S1.E2 ∙ Episode #1.2. Sun, Feb 25, 1996. Rosalind starts digging into Olive's personal life, her work, boyfriend and former neighbours. 7.8/10 (10) Rate. Top-rated. S1.E3 ∙ Episode #1.3
6 days ago · Synopsis. When author Rosalind Leigh is assigned to write a book about the life of Olive Martin, a woman sentenced to life in prison for killing her mother and sister, she develops a relationship with Olive and is soon convinced of her innocence.
