Jay Presson Allen died in 2006, aged 84. She once remarked: "The trick in adapting is not to throw out the baby with the bath water. You can change all kinds of things, but don't muck around with the essence."
She wrote the adaptations for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1966), "Marnie" (1964), "Cabaret" (1972) and "Prince of the City" (1981 - see picture with Sidney Lumet) among many other screenplays.
- A massively insightful interview with Jay Presson Allen (in Backstory 3, interview by Pat McGilligan)
- A great Jay Presson Allen summary by Scott Myers (Go Into The Story, 31 May 2011)
- Jay Presson Allen - Writer of screen adaptations true to the original's essence (The Guardian, 05 May 2006)
- Jay Presson Allen - Writer of adaptations for plays and movies, dies (New York Times, 02 May 2006)
- Jay Presson Allen on IMDB
- Jay Presson Allen on Wikipedia
- Jay Presson Allen in-depth profile article (The Paley Center for Media)
