Beryl Frances Vertue CBE (née Johnson; 8 April 1931 – 12 February 2022) was an English television producer, media executive, and agent.

Shortly after her recovery, a school friend, Alan Simpson, invited her to join Associated London Scripts (ALS) as a secretary and she began working with the writers' cooperative in 1955.

[2] In 1967, Vertue was invited by Robert Stigwood to join his company, which had absorbed ALS, and became deputy chairman.

[6] Sykes and Milligan ended their professional relationship with Vertue at this change, though she continued to represent Galton, Simpson and Howerd.

[1] In this role, Vertue was involved in film spin-offs of television comedies of writers with whom she had previously worked.

[3] In 1975, she was a co-executive producer of the cinema version of The Who's rock opera Tommy, directed by Ken Russell and starring Roger Daltrey.

The film company lasted for eight years, after which she continued with the Robert Stigwood Organisation as executive vice-president, producing programmes for American television.

[3] It has produced many comedies, including Men Behaving Badly, Is It Legal?, and Coupling, the latter written by her son-in-law Steven Moffat.