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Jay Presson Allen Biography (1922-)

Born Jacqueline Presson, March 3, 1922, in Ft. Worth, TX; daughter of AlbertJeffrey (a merchant) and May (a buyer; maiden name, Miller) Presson; marriedsecond husband, Lewis Maitland Allen (a producer), March 12, 1955; children:Anna Brooke. Addresses: OFFICE--Lewis Allen Productions, 1500 Broadway, New York, NY 10036. AGENTS--International Creative Management, 40 W. 57th Street, New York, NY 10019; International Creative Management, 8899 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Birth Details

March 3, 1922

Ft. Worth, Texas

Famous Works

• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM WORK
• Executive producer: Just Tell Me What You Want, Warner Brothers, 1980.
• (also producer) It's My Turn, Columbia, 1980.
• Prince of the City, Orion/Warner Brothers, 1981.
• Deathtrap, Warner Brothers, 1982.
• Also producer, Stone, 1984.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL TELEVISION WORK; SERIES
• Creator and story consultant, Family, ABC, 1976-80.
• creator and executive producer, Hothouse, ABC, 1988.
• Writings;STAGE
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Princess Theatre, Torquay, U.K., then Wyndham's Theatre, London, both 1966, later Helen Hayes Theatre, New York City, 1968, published by Samuel French, Inc., 1969.
• Forty Carats, Morosco Theatre, New York City, 1968, published by Random House, 1969.
• I and Albert, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1972.
• A Little Family Business, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, then Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, both 1982.
• Also The First Wife.
• Writings;FILM
• Marnie, Universal, 1964.
• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969.
• Cabaret, Allied Artists, 1972.
• (with Hugh Wheeler) Travels with My Aunt, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1972.
• (with Arnold Schulman) Funny Lady, Columbia, 1975.
• Just Tell Me What You Want, Warner Brothers, 1980.
• (with Sidney Lumet) Prince of the City, Orion/Warner Brothers, 1981.
• Deathtrap, Warner Brothers, 1982.
• Also Stone, 1984.
• Writings;TELEVISION; EPISODIC
• Playhouse 90, CBS.
• Philco Playhouse, NBC.
• Writings;SPECIALS
• "The Borrowers," Hallmark Hall of Fame, NBC, 1973.
• Writings;OTHER
• Spring Riot (novel), Rinehart, 1948.
• Just Tell Me What You Want (novel), Dutton, 1975.