Renee Goddard, who has died aged 102, came to Britain from Germany in 1934, with little education and no English. Despite being exiled as a child, she went on to develop a substantial career as an actor, script editor and screen commissioner.
As a performer, her TV appearances included The Glittering Prizes (1976) and The Jewel in the Crown (1984), but she achieved most through influencing scripts and production. This started in 1954, when Oscar Lewenstein, a West End producer and a champion of contemporary drama as general manager of the Royal Court theatre, appointed her as a script consultant. She had particular responsibility for introducing writers and directors from mainland Europe, and new British writers.
