Olwen Margaret Wymark (née Buck, 14 February 1932 – 14 June 2013) was an American writer and playwright.
[1] Olwen Margaret Buck was born on 14 February 1932 in Oakland, California, the daughter of Philip W. (a professor of political science) and Barbara (Jacobs) Buck, and the granddaughter of English author W. W. Jacobs.
Her most successful play was Find Me (1977),[3] about mental illness, which is still used as a set text for drama qualifications in UK schools.
[1] She was married to British actor Patrick Wymark, whom she met at University College, London, from 1953 until his death in 1970.
Patrick, whose birth surname was Cheeseman, took his acting name from the middle name of Olwen's paternal grandfather, novelist and short story writer W. W. Jacobs.