Stephen Tredre

Stephen Ralph Tredre (17 July 1963 – 8 December 1997) was an English actor and writer.

Stephen Tredre
Tredre with Kate Winslet
Born	Stephen Ralph Tredre (1963-07-17)17 July 1963 London, England
Died	8 December 1997(1997-12-08) (aged 34) Islington, London, England
Occupations	Actor writer
Partner	Kate Winslet (1991–1995)

The son of a doctor, he was born in London and educated at Epsom College, appearing as the lead role in a school production of Hamlet. Tredre also wrote articles for the school magazine, which was edited by his brother. After studying drama and English at Exeter University, he graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.^[1]

Following graduation, he appeared on the stage in Manchester and London, and then in film and television productions such as ITV's The Bill. While on the set of Dark Season, Tredre met actress Kate Winslet with whom he had a five-year relationship, starting when she was 15 years old and he was 27.^[2][3][4] The couple broke up in 1995, at Tredre's insistence.^[5]

Tredre began to write while still working as an actor. Having had scripts accepted to the BBC soap opera EastEnders, he then joined the soap's rota of writers. After being diagnosed with cancer in 1996, he wrote the short personal memoir film Between Dreams, and had his six-part legal series Fish accepted by the BBC, which cast Paul McGann in the lead role.^[1] Tredre finished an EastEnders script from his bed in his home in Islington, two weeks before his death from bone cancer on 8 December 1997 (soon after Winslet completed filming Titanic). Attending his funeral caused her to miss the film's premiere in Los Angeles on 14 December.^[3]

Filmography

• Dark Season – 1991
• She-Wolf of London – 1991
• The Bill – 1990

References

1. Cole Morton (12 September 1999). "Film world acclaims writer's final act". The Independent. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
2. Lipsky, David (5 March 1998). "The Unsinkable Kate Winslet". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 23 March 2009. Retrieved 3 December 2009.
3. Reid, Vickie (15 January 1999). "Waving, not drowning". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
4. "Winslet Sets a New Course". Los Angeles Times. 17 April 1999. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
5. "Kate Winslet admits she left her dying ex-boyfriend". WhyFame.com. Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 22 November 2010.

External links

• Stephen Tredre at IMDb