Jay Presson Allen
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Jay Presson Allen
Jay Presson Allen (born Jacqueline Presson) was an American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. She is best known for her stage adaptations of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1966; Allen also wrote the screenplay for the 1969 film) and Forty Carats (1968). She also wrote the 1989 play Tru, adapted from the words and works of Truman Capote.
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