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Person Detail: Jay Presson Allen

General Information:
Full Name: Jay Presson Allen
Biography:
(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.
Life Events:
Year: 1922 Event: BIRTH (Unknown) County
Jacqueline Presson (Jay Presson Allen) was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1922. 
Year: 1948 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Spring Riot
Novel.  
Year: 1963 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Wives and Lovers
Film script. 
Year: 1964 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Marnie
Screenplay adapted from a novel written by Winston Graham.  
Year: 1968 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Forty Carats
Play; opened on Broadway in 1968. 
Year: 1969 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Screenplay based on the novel by Muriel Spark. 
Year: 1972 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Cabaret
Screenplay. 
Year: 1975 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Funny Lady
Screenplay co-written with Arnold Schulman. 
Year: 1980 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Just Tell Me What You Want
Screenplay adapted from her own novel. 
Year: 1989 Event: LITWORK (Unknown) County
Tru
Play; Broadway production opened in 1989. 
Year: 1990 Event: LITWORK Bronx County
Lord of the Flies
Screeplay. 
Year: 2006 Event: DEATH New York County
Jay Presson Allen died in Manhattan, New York in 2006. 

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