Jane Lumley
JANE LUMLEY was a noblewoman, baroness, and translator. She came from a wealthy and powerful family, which gave her access to a fantastic education, as well as to her father’s vast library. Lumley...
Jane Murfin
JANE MURFIN was a screenwriter and playwright. The author of several successful plays, she wrote some of them with actress Jane Cowl—most notably Smilin' Through (1919), which was adapted three...
Jane Wiseman
JANE WISEMAN was a poet and playwright. Wiseman came from a modest background; she was self-taught and worked as a servant. She is regarded as the first self-educated working-class woman to have a...
Janet McNeill
JANET MCNEILLwas a Dublin-born playwright and novelist. She earned her Masters degree from the University of St. Andrews in 1929 before moving to Belfast, where she worked as a secretary for the...
Jay Presson Allen
JAY PRESSON ALLEN was a screenwriter, playwright, stage director, novelist, and producer. At 18, she moved from Texas to New York to pursue acting but soon found that she would rather be involved...
Jean Kerr
JEAN KERR was an American playwright, novelist, and essayist. She often collaborated with her husband, noted theatre critic and writer Walter Kerr, on comedic plays and musicals. Many of their...
Jeanette Granberg
JEANETTE GRANBERG was a Swedish playwright. Her sister, Louise Granberg, was another prominent playwright during this era; they co-authored several plays together, both using male pseudonyms....
Jennifer Rankin
JENNIFER RANKIN was an Australian poet and playwright. She was born in Chatswood, New South Wales in 1941 and moved to Sydney with her family to obtain her primary education at a Methodist School....