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Jay Presson Allen

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Date of Birth:
03/03/1922
Date of Death:
01/05/2006 (84 years old)
Place of Birth:
San Angelo, Texas, USA
Biography:
Jay Presson Allen was among other things a screenwriter, television producer and novelist. She was one of few women making a living as a screenwriter at a time when women were a rarity in the profession. She was born as Jacqueline Presson, the only child of Willie Mae, a buyer, and Albert Jack Presson, a department store merchant. She wrote the screenplay for Lord of the Flies (1990) under the pseudonym Sara Schiff.

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