Jay Presson Allen (March 3, 1922 - May 1,2006) was an American writer. Serving her creative apprenticeship in live television, Jay Presson Allen wrote her first film script, "Wives and Lovers", in 1963, though most chroniclers prefer to list her multifaceted screenplay for Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" (1964) as her inaugural movie effort. Wikipedia
Jay Presson Allen, who has died aged 84, made her name as one of the finest adaptors of plays and novels to the screen. film.guardian.co.uk/obituaries/0,,1768028,00.html
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Screenwriter and playwright Jay Presson Allen died of a stroke yesterday morning at her home in Manhattan. She was 84. The Ft. Worth native (born on March 3, 1922) wrote ... www.altfg.com/blog/biography-obit/jay-presson-allen/