Jane Wagner
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.
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- 1935-06-26 · Morristown, Tennessee, USA
Known for
- Saturday Night Live (1975) — Writer
- The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) — Screenplay
- Radium Girls (2020) — Executive Producer
- Moment by Moment (1978) — Writer
- An Apology to Elephants (2013) — Executive Producer
- The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe (1991) — Writer
- Lily Tomlin (1987) — Herself
- J.T. (1971) — Writer
- Lily: Sold Out (1981) — Executive Producer
- Appearing Nitely (1979) — Writer
- Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home (1994) — Writer
- Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noël) (1996) — Writer
- Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle (1994) — Writer
- Lily (1973) — Writer
- An Evening with Lily Tomlin and Friends (1993) — Technical Advisor
- Lily for President? (1982) — Writer