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(1922-2006) Writer. Jay Presson Allen was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1922. She moved to New York in the 1940s. She died in Manhattan, New York in 2006.

Full Name

Jay Presson Allen

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1922

BIRTH

Jacqueline Presson (Jay Presson Allen) was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1922.

1948

LITWORK

Spring Riot


Novel.

1963

LITWORK

Wives and Lovers


Film script.

1964

LITWORK

Marnie


Screenplay adapted from a novel written by Winston Graham.

1968

LITWORK

Forty Carats


Play; opened on Broadway in 1968.

1969

LITWORK

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie


Screenplay based on the novel by Muriel Spark.

1972

LITWORK

Cabaret


Screenplay.

1975

LITWORK

Funny Lady


Screenplay co-written with Arnold Schulman.

1980

LITWORK

Just Tell Me What You Want


Screenplay adapted from her own novel.

1989

LITWORK

Tru


Play; Broadway production opened in 1989.

1990

LITWORK

Lord of the Flies


Screeplay.

2006

DEATH

Jay Presson Allen died in Manhattan, New York in 2006.

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