Jacqueline Presson (1922-03-03)March 3, 1922 San Angelo, Texas, U.S.
Died
May 1, 2006(2006-05-01) (aged 84) New York City, U.S.
Occupation
Screenwriter
playwright
novelist
Spouse
Robert M. Davis (1940s; divorced) Lewis M. Allen (1955–2003; his death)
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.[1]
JayPressonAllen (born Jacqueline Presson; March 3, 1922 – May 1, 2006) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. Known for her withering...
Presson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jason Presson (born 1971), American actor JayPressonAllen (1922–2006), American screenwriter...
expose corruption in the force. The screenplay, written by Lumet and JayPressonAllen, is based on a 1978 non-fiction book of the same title, by former...
(1961), as well as in the play and 1969 film of the same name—both by JayPressonAllen—which were both based on the novel. Miss Brodie is a highly idealistic...
Funny Girl, replaces William Wyler and the screenplay written by JayPressonAllen and Arnold Schulman, based on a story by Schulman, is a highly fictionalized...
nominations: 6 Nominations Steven Zaillian Eric Roth 4 Nominations JayPressonAllen Alexander Payne Neil Simon Aaron Sorkin 3 Nominations Scott Frank...
production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, adapted for the stage by JayPressonAllen from the novel by Muriel Spark. Redgrave had her first credited film...
left the project. The producers commissioned another screenplay from JayPressonAllen, which they preferred, and they were later approached by Robert Redford...
Narrator in Happy New Year, Ben in A Little Family Business (adapted by JayPressonAllen, 1982), Donner in Tom Stoppard's Artist Descending a Staircase, Cap'n...
composer Charles Strouse, and lyricist Lee Adams, with a book by JayPressonAllen. The plot is based on the lives and love story of Queen Victoria and...
15 when it began. The memoir was adapted in 1991 by JayPressonAllen and her daughter Brooke Allen into a one-woman play, The Big Love, which starred...
Forty Carats is a play by JayPressonAllen. Adapted from the French original by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Gredy, the comedy revolves around a 40-year-old...
Character actor Basil Poledouris – Composer Henry Bumstead – Art director JayPressonAllen – Screenwriter Robert Altman – Director Before the montage was shown...
Godfather Francis Ford Coppola & Mario Puzo The novel by Puzo Cabaret JayPressonAllen The musical by Joe Masteroff The Emigrants Bengt Forslund & Jan Troell...
departures from the original story, for a film in 1972, written by JayPressonAllen and Hugh Wheeler, and directed by George Cukor, starring Maggie Smith...
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