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Stephen Ralph Tredre (17 July 1963 – 8 December 1997) was an English actor and writer. The son of a doctor, he was born in London and educated at
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, appearing as the lead role in a school production of ''
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.'' Tredre also wrote articles for the school magazine, which was edited by his brother. After studying drama and English at
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, he graduated from the
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. Following graduation, he appeared on the stage in
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and London, and then in film and television productions such as
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's ''
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.'' While on the set of '' Dark Season'', Tredre met actress Kate Winslet with whom he had a five-year relationship, starting when she was 15 years old and 12 years his junior. The couple broke up in 1995, at Tredre's insistence. Tredre began to write while still working as an actor. Having had scripts accepted to the
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soap opera '' EastEnders,'' he then joined the soap's rota of writers. After being diagnosed with cancer in 1996, he wrote the short personal memoir film ''Between Dreams,'' and had his six-part legal series ''
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'' accepted by the BBC, which cast
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in the lead role. Tredre finished an ''EastEnders'' script from his bed in his home in Islington, two weeks before his death from bone cancer on 8 December 1997 (soon after Winslet completed filming ''
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''). Attending his funeral caused her to miss the film's premiere in Los Angeles on 14 December.


Filmography

*'' Dark Season'' – 1991 *'' She-Wolf of London'' – 1991 *''
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'' – 1990


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* Male actors from London People educated at Epsom College Alumni of the University of Exeter Alumni of RADA English male stage actors English male television actors Deaths from bone cancer 1963 births 1997 deaths English male screenwriters Writers from London 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights 20th-century English male actors English male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century English male writers 20th-century English screenwriters {{UK-actor-stub