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Jay Presson Allen (born Jacqueline Presson; March 3, 1922 – May 1, 2006) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. Known for her withering wit and sometimes off-color wisecracks, she was one of the few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession.
Jay Presson Allen was an Oscar-nominated screenwriter who adapted novels and plays for film and theater. She worked with directors such as Alfred Hitchcock, George Cukor and Sidney Lumet, and wrote plays about Truman Capote and Jean Brodie.
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May 2, 2006 · Jay Presson Allen, who as an adapter of novels for plays and movies developed some of the most memorable roles for women in the late 1960's and 1970's, died yesterday morning at her home in...
May 6, 2006 · Jay Presson Allen, an adapter of novels for stage and screen who stood out in an era when few women worked in that field, has died. She was 84. Allen died Monday at her home in Manhattan after...
Jay Presson Allen helped to create some of the most memorable female characters in the cinema of the 1960s and 1970s, including the opinionated Edinburgh schoolteacher Jean Brodie, Sally Bowles in Cabaret (1972) and the disturbed heroine in Marnie (1964), one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most controversial films.
American screenwriter and playwright Jay Presson Allen will be best remembered for her screen adaptations of hits such as The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and Cabaret (1972) - the latter bringing BAFTA and Oscar nominations.
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In both versions, Allen's writing helped the starring actresses win Tony and Academy Awards. She continued her stage success with such plays as Forty Carats (1968) and Tru (1989), and films such as Cabaret (1972), Funny Lady (1975), and Deathtrap (1982).
