Jane Wagner

Jane Wagner

88 · Born: Jun 26, 1935

Personal Details

Born Jun 26, 1935 Morristown, Tennessee, U.S.

Biography

Jane Wagner (born February 26, 1935), one of America’s most distinguished playwrights, has won numerous awards, including: several Emmys for writing and producing and a Writer’s Guild Award for her work in television. Wagner has also won a New York Drama Critics’ Circle Special Award and a New York Drama Desk Award for her Broadway success, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe; a CableAce Award for Executive Producing the film adaptation of The Search; three Grammy nominations for comedy albums she wrote with Lily Tomlin, Modern Scream, And That's the Truth, and On Stage; and two Peabody Awards--the first for the CBS television special, J.T., and the second for the ABC television special, Edith Ann’s Christmas: Just Say Noël.

Career

1987
Lily Tomlin
Lily Tomlin
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2013
An Apology to Elephants
An Apology to Elephants as Writer
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1996
Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël)
1994
Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home
Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home as Writer
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1991
1981
Lily: Sold Out
Lily: Sold Out as Writer
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The Incredible Shrinking Woman
The Incredible Shrinking Woman as Screenplay
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1979
Appearing Nitely
Appearing Nitely as Writer
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1973
Lily
Lily as Writer
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1969
J.T.
J.T. as Writer
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1978
Moment by Moment
Moment by Moment as Director, Writer
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