Jennifer Worth | |
|---|---|
 Worth as a nurse in the 1950s | |
| Born | Jennifer Samantha Louise Lee 25 September 1935 |
| Died | 31 May 2011 (aged 75) England |
| Occupation(s) | Nurse, musician, author |
| Spouse |
Philip Worth (m. 1963) |
| Children | Suzannah Hart, Juliette Walton |
Jennifer Louise Worth RN RM (née Lee; 25 September 1935 – 31 May 2011) was a British memoirist. She wrote a best-selling trilogy about her work as a nurse and midwife practising in the poverty-stricken East End of London in the 1950s: Call the Midwife (2002), Shadows of the Workhouse (2005) and Farewell to The East End (2009). A television series, Call the Midwife, based on her books, began broadcasting on BBC One in the UK on 15 January 2012 and on PBS in the US on 30 September 2012.[1] After leaving nursing, she re-trained as a musician.
- ^ "Call The Midwife". BBC Media Centre. 20 January 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.