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

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.
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.
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J. T. Gamble, a shy, withdrawn Harlem youngster, shows compassion and responsibility when he takes on the care of an old, one-eyed, badly injured alley cat days before Christmas and secretly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.
Appearing NitelyAppearing Nitely · 1979
Appearing Nitely
8.01979
MovieComedyTV Movie
Lily Tomlin's Tony Award-winning show "Appearing Nitely" features a repertoire of over 20 zany characters--from Edith Ann and Ernestine to Crystal "the terrible tumbleweed." Tomlin was the first woman to appear solo in a Broadway show with her premiere at the Biltmore theatre in April 1977.
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.
LilyLily · 1973
Lily
1973
MovieComedyTV Movie
TV special starring Lily Tomlin
Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël)Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël) · 1996
Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël)
9.01996
MovieAnimationComedy
Drama engulfs the household of Edith Ann and her family during the holidays.

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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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