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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.
Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jay Presson Allen was born Jacqueline Presson in San Angelo, Texas on March 3, 1922, the daughter of a department store manager. Educated at Miss Hockaday's School for Young Ladies in Dallas, Presson in her own words received no education at all.
- March 3, 1922
- May 1, 2006
Jay Presson Allen was one of the finest female screenwriters of the 1960s and 1970s, successfully adapting for the screen such disparate source material as Marnie (1964), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969) and Cabaret (1972).
May 7, 2006 · Jay Presson Allen, 84, an adapter of novels for stage and screen who stood out in an era when few women worked in that field, died May 1 at her home in New York after a stroke.
She was born Jacqueline Presson in Forth Worth, Texas, in 1922, and grew up in San Angelo, where her father ran a department store. She wanted to be an actress, but switched to writing and her first novel Spring Riot was published in 1948, but made little impact.
Aug 9, 2024 · Jay Presson Allen 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.
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May 1, 2006 · Jay Presson Allen was among other things a screenwriter, television producer and novelist. She was one of few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession. She was born as Jacqueline Presson, the only child of Willie Mae, a buyer, and Albert Jack Presson, a department store merchant.
