Jane Wagner

Writing

Jane Wagner

Born June 26, 1935 · Morristown, Tennessee, USA (age 91)

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 Univers…

Known For

The Incredible Shrinking WomanThe Incredible Shrinking Woman · 1981
The Incredible Shrinking Woman
★ 5.41981
MovieComedyFamily
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.
Radium GirlsRadium Girls · 2020
Radium Girls
★ 6.62020
MovieDramaHistory
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
LilyLily · 1973
Lily
1973
MovieComedyTV Movie
TV special starring Lily Tomlin
Moment by MomentMoment by Moment · 1978
Moment by Moment
★ 3.61978
MovieDramaRomance
Trisha Rawlings, a Beverly Hills socialite suffering from loneliness following the separation from her womanizing husband, develops a May–December romance with a young drifter named Strip.
Edith Ann: Homeless Go HomeEdith Ann: Homeless Go Home · 1994
Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home
★ 9.01994
MovieAnimationFamily
A young quirky girl finds her way in a crazy world.
Lily for President?Lily for President? · 1982
Lily for President?
1982
MovieTV MovieComedy
Comedian Lily Tomlin stars in this comical farce which deals with her experiences running for the office of President of the United States.
J.T.J.T. · 1971
J.T.
★ 8.01971
MovieDramaFamily
J. T. Gamble, a shy, withdrawn Harlem youngster, shows compassion and responsibility when he takes on the care of an old, one-eyed, badly injured alley cat days before Christmas and secretly nurses it back to health.
Juke and OpalJuke and Opal · 1973
Juke and Opal
1973
Movie
“WINTER, 1973. Late afternoon: the entr'acte between dusk and darkness, when the people who conduct their business in the street -- numbers runners in gray chesterfields, out-of-work barmaids playing the dozens, adolescents cultivating their cigarette jones and lust, small-time hustlers selling ‘authentic’ gold wristwatches that are platinum bright---look for a place to roost and to drink in the day's sin. Young black guy, looks like the comedian Richard Pryor, walks into one of his hangouts, Opal's Silver Spoon Café. A greasy dive with a R & B jukebox, it could be in Detroit or in New York, could be anywhere. Opal's has a proprietor -- Opal, a young and wise black woman, who looks like the comedian Lily Tomlin -- and a little bell over the door that goes tink-a-link, announcing all the handouts and gimmes who come to sit at Opal's counter and talk about how needy their respective asses are.” — Hilton Als

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Juke and OpalJuke and Opal · 1973
Juke and Opal
1973
Movie
“WINTER, 1973. Late afternoon: the entr'acte between dusk and darkness, when the people who conduct their business in the street -- numbers runners in gray chesterfields, out-of-work barmaids playing the dozens, adolescents cultivating their cigarette jones and lust, small-time hustlers selling ‘authentic’ gold wristwatches that are platinum bright---look for a place to roost and to drink in the day's sin. Young black guy, looks like the comedian Richard Pryor, walks into one of his hangouts, Opal's Silver Spoon Café. A greasy dive with a R & B jukebox, it could be in Detroit or in New York, could be anywhere. Opal's has a proprietor -- Opal, a young and wise black woman, who looks like the comedian Lily Tomlin -- and a little bell over the door that goes tink-a-link, announcing all the handouts and gimmes who come to sit at Opal's counter and talk about how needy their respective asses are.” — Hilton Als

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