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Jennifer Salt

Jennifer Salt (born September 4, 1944)[1] is an American producer, screenwriter, and former actress known for playing Eunice Tate on Soap (1977–1981).

Life and career

Salt was born in Los Angeles, California, to screenwriter Waldo Salt and actress Mary Davenport.[2][3] She has a younger sister, Deborah. Her stepmother was the writer Eve Merriam. She attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City, and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College.[4] Salt's father had been blacklisted by Hollywood for most of the 1950s and early 1960s after a run-in with the House Un-American Activities Committee, but managed a triumphant return with the two movies that won him Oscars.[3]

She made several stage appearances, winning a 1971 Theatre World award as Estelle in the play Father's Day, and she portrayed Eunice Tate-Leitner, the snobbish daughter of Chester and Jessica Tate in the television comedy series Soap. An early movie role was in Midnight Cowboy (1969) as Joe Buck's hometown lover, Crazy Annie. While living with actress Margot Kidder in Malibu in the early 1970s, she worked in tandem with American director Brian De Palma in the films The Wedding Party (1969), Hi, Mom! (1970), and Sisters (1972), and appeared with Cornel Wilde and Scott Glenn in the TV film Gargoyles (1972).[citation needed].

Salt has retired from acting, and is pursuing her writing career, including episode scripts for Nip/Tuck and other programs. In 1998, she landed her first steady job in her new profession as a low-rung writer on a cable detective drama titled Sins of the City.[3] She is a co-writer of the script for the Julia Roberts film Eat Pray Love (2010) based on Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir of the same name.[5] In 2011, Salt helped work on a pilot for an HBO series based on the memoir Foreign Babes in Beijing written by Rachel DeWoskin.[2]

In 2006, she was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for the Nip/Tuck episode "Rhea Reynolds".[6]

Family

Her son, Jonah Greenberg, is a talent agent with CAA Beijing.[5]

Theater

Actress

Filmography

Film

Writer

Television

Actress

Producer

Writer

(* denotes Writers Guild of America Award nomination)

References

  1. ^ a b Associated Press (September 4, 2019). "Today in History; Today's Birthdays". Albuquerque Journal. p. A2. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Riley, Jenelle (August 4, 2010). "Worth Her Salt". Backstage. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Barnes, Brooks (July 21, 2010). "Scripting a Life Much Like Hers". The New York Times. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  4. ^ Riley, Janelle (August 16, 2010). ""Eat Pray Love" marks writing debut for actress". Reuters. Archived from the original on December 10, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  5. ^ a b Littleton, Cynthia (July 27, 2010). "Salt steps into Beijing memoir". Variety. Archived from the original on September 25, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  6. ^ "2006 Writers Guild Awards Television and Radio Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America, West. December 14, 2005. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

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