Drama in 1997. In 2017, Mellor turned Fat Friends into a stage musical with Nick Lloyd Webber writing the music. Fat Friends The Musical toured the UK in 2017, and then again in 2022. Mellor subsequently adapted Band of Gold for the stage, which premiered in Mellor's hometown of Leeds in 2019, and toured the UK until it was shut down early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Personal life Mellor liked going to Roundhay Park, Golden Acre Park, and the Cottage Road Cinema in Leeds. She was also a frequent visitor and supporter of the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford. Death Mellor died on 15 May 2022 at the age of 71. Selected filmography References External links Interview on BBC's Desert Island Discs 1951 births 2022 deaths Actresses from Leeds Alumni of Bretton Hall College English television actresses English television writers British women television writers Jewish English actresses English soap opera writers Officers of the Order of the British Empire Women soap opera writers 20th-century British women writers Fellows of the Royal Television Society Writers from Leeds 20th-century English women 20th-century English people