Jane Anderson

Jane Anderson

Known for

Writing

Birthplace

California

Biography

Jane Anderson (born c. 1954 in California) is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and director. She wrote and directed the feature film The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005), and wrote the film It Could Happen to You (1994), starring Nicolas Cage. She won an Emmy Award for writing the screenplay for the miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014).

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Best known work

Mad Men
Mad Men
2007
The Wife
The Wife
2017
The Wonder Years
The Wonder Years
1988
It Could Happen to You
It Could Happen to You
1994
Olive Kitteridge
Olive Kitteridge
2014
How to Make an American Quilt
How to Make an American Quilt
1995
If These Walls Could Talk 2
If These Walls Could Talk 2
2000
The Facts of Life
The Facts of Life
1979
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio
2005
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2003

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Last Night at the Lobster

    Screenplay

  2. TBA

  3. 2026

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    Author, Dialogue

  4. 2017

    The Wife

    Screenplay, Executive Producer

  5. 2015

  6. 2014

    Olive KitteridgeTV

    Executive Producer, Teleplay, Creator

  7. 2007

    Mad MenTV

    Consulting Producer, Writer

  8. 2005

  9. 2003

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    Director, Teleplay, Theatre Play

  10. 2001

    When Billie Beat Bobby

    Director, Writer

  11. 2000

  12. 1998

    The Baby Dance

    Director, Theatre Play, Teleplay

  13. 1995

  14. 1994

  15. 1993

  16. 1991

  17. 1988

    Raising MirandaTV

    Writer, Creator

  18. 1988

  19. 1984

    P.O.P.

    as Dana McNeil

  20. 1979

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