Lise Mayer

Lise Mayer (born 29 November 1957)[1] 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.

Lise Mayer
Lise Mayer and Angus Deayton at the Lighthouse Gala auction in aid of the Terrence Higgins Trust in March 2007
Born (1957-11-29) November 29, 1957
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
OccupationScreenwriter
Years active1981–present
Partner(s)Rik Mayall
Angus Deayton (1991–2015)
Children1
RelativesCatherine Mayer (sister)
Cassie Mayer

Background and work

Mayer was born in Chicago,[2] Illinois, to David and Anne Mayer. [3] Lise met Rik Mayall when she was at school in Manchester and Rik came to study drama at Manchester University, where her father was a professor.[4] Her mother is a theatre PR.[5][6] 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. [7]

Personal life

Mayer was in a relationship with Rik Mayall, co-writer and star of 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.[8] Her sister, Catherine Mayer, co founded the Women's Equality Party with Sandi Toksvig.[9] She has another sister named Cassie.

References
  1. http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/2925937/LISE-MAYER
  2. https://www.thejc.com/lifestyle/features/act-your-age-this-woman-says-you-don-t-have-to-1.24389
  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. The Young Ones DVD extras
  5. Halliburton, Rachel (8 January 2004). "This woman can have Blair any time". London Evening Standard.
  6. Langdon, Julia (16 July 2007). "I think it's amazing how unequal we are". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group.
  7. https://the-citizens.com/about-us/
  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. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
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