Jay Presson Allen has died
Jay Presson Allen has died
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#0Jay Presson Allen has died
Posted: 5/2/06 at 3:33pm
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#1re: Jay Presson Allen has died
Posted: 5/2/06 at 3:36pmShe was a remarkable writer. She will be missed.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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#2re: Jay Presson Allen has died
Posted: 5/2/06 at 3:37pmA true talent. Such a travesty that she was never nominated for a Tony. Rest in peace.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#3re: Jay Presson Allen has died
Posted: 5/2/06 at 3:43pmGoth, you're almost always first with these announcements. It's as if you're BWW's very own Angel of Death. (Even if the rest of us can just look up in the news headlines on the board and see what you announce a short time later.)
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#4re: Jay Presson Allen has died
Posted: 5/2/06 at 3:45pm
And Muriel Spark passed away so recently! The author first... and now the adaptor of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie."
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Updated On: 5/2/06 at 03:45 PM
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DG
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/05
#5re: Jay Presson Allen has died
Posted: 5/2/06 at 3:55pm
Was she interviewed in THE CELLULOID CLOSET? I seem to remember her talking about how it wasn't that difficult to slip things past the censors because they weren't very bright.
She left quite a body of work - thanks for that, and rest in peace.
Updated On: 5/2/06 at 03:55 PM
SorryGrateful
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/10/05
#6re: Jay Presson Allen has died
Posted: 5/2/06 at 4:00pmCabaret and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie were incredible. She will be missed.
You promised me poems. ~Tricky
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#7re: Jay Presson Allen has died
Posted: 5/2/06 at 4:04pmYes, she cut quite a dashing, intelligent figure in CELLULOID CLOSET. So sharp and formidable. She seemed like someone who'd have been a great guest at a dinner party.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
The Goat
Stand-by Joined: 4/19/04
#8re: Jay Presson Allen has died
Posted: 5/2/06 at 9:44pmAmong the great work she did for the screen is the script for the underrated Hitchcock film, "Marnie."
#9re: Jay Presson Allen has died
Posted: 5/2/06 at 11:30pmThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is my favorite film, Marnie and Cabaret are also fine films as well! She was a great writer.
"Love the Art in Yourself. Not Yourself in the Art." -- Stanislavski
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