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- Birth nameRomana Barrack
- Carla Lane was born on August 5, 1928 in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She was a writer and producer, known for Bread (1986), The Liver Birds (1969) and The Last Song (1981). She was married to Arthur Hollins. She died on May 31, 2016 in Mossley Hill, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.
- SpouseArthur Hollins(1948 - 1980) (divorced, 2 children)
- She was awarded the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1989 for her services to the television industry.
- She returned the O.B.E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 2002 for protest of a C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) being awarded to the managing director of Huntingdon Life Sciences, because of the company's testing on animals.
- Carla is a good friend of Lynsey de Paul.
- She was a lifelong vegetarian who inherited her interest in animal welfare from her grandfather, an RSPCA supervisor.
- Made an O.B.E. for services to writing in 1989 but returned it to Tony Blair in 2002 in disgust at animal cruelty.
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