Beth Henley (born Elizabeth Becker Henley on May 8, 1952 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American screenwriter, actress and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Screenwriters or scenarists are Scriptwriters who write the Screenplays from which Films and Television programs are made An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, A playwright, also known as a dramatist, is a person who writes dramatic literature or Drama. She attended Southern Methodist University. Southern Methodist University ("SMU" is a private, Coeducational University in University Park, Texas (an enclave
Her most famous play, Crimes of the Heart, was her first produced professionally. Crimes of the Heart is a Pulitzer Prize -winning play by Beth Henley. It opened at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and then moved to New York. Actors Theatre of Louisville is a Performing arts Theater located in downtown Louisville Kentucky. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Crimes of the Heart won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as the award for Best American Play of 1981 from the New York Drama Critics' Circle. The Pulitzer Prize for Drama was first awarded in 1918 From 1918 to 2006 the Drama Prize was unlike the majority of the other Pulitzer Prizes during these years the The New York Drama Critics' Circle is made up of twenty-two Drama Critics from daily Newspapers, Magazines and Wire services The play also earned Henley a Tony Award nomination, and her screenplay for the film version of Crimes of the Heart was nominated for an Oscar as Best Adapted Screenplay. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented For the play on which this film is based see Crimes of the Heart. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay is one of the Academy Awards, the most prominent Film awards in the United States
Henley adapted her play, The Miss Firecracker Contest, into a 1989 film starring Holly Hunter entitled Miss Firecracker. Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million Holly P Hunter (born 20 March 1958 is an Oscar -winning American actor best-known for films such as Raising Arizona, Broadcast News Miss Firecracker is a 1989 Comedy film directed by Thomas Schlamme.
Henley continues to write plays and screenplays from her adopted home in California.
Her latest play, Ridiculous Fraud, played at the McCarter Theatre until June 11, 2006.
List of Plays
- Am I Blue?(1972)
- Crimes of the Heart(1978)
- The Miss Firecracker Contest (1979)
- The Wake of Jamey Foster(1981)
- The Debutante Ball (1985)
- The Lucky Spot (1986)
- Abundance (1990)
- Control Freaks (1992)
- Signature (1995)
- L-Play (1996)
- Impossible Marriage (1998)
- Family Week (2000)
- Ridiculous Fraud (2006)
Selected Filmography
- Swing Shift (1984), as actress
- True Stories (1986), as co-screenwriter
- Nobody's Fool (1986), as screenwriter
- Crimes of the Heart (1986), as screenwriter
- Miss Firecracker (1989), as screenwriter
External links
- Biography
- The Beth Henley collection (MUM00228) owned by the University of Mississippi Department of Archives and Special Collections. " Am I Blue? " is a song written by Harry Akst and Grant Clarke in 1929 and was a big hit that year for Ethel Waters. Crimes of the Heart is a Pulitzer Prize -winning play by Beth Henley. A signature (from Latin signare, " Sign " is a handwritten (and sometimes stylized depiction of someone's name nickname or even a simple Swing Shift is a 1984 feature film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn with Kurt Russell. Events The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name True Stories is an American Musical film directed by and starring musician David Byrne. Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries Nobody's Fool is a 1986 Comedy film written by Pulitzer Prize -winning Playwright Beth Henley. For the play on which this film is based see Crimes of the Heart. Miss Firecracker is a 1989 Comedy film directed by Thomas Schlamme. Events Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton Georgia for $20 million
- Beth Henley at the Internet Movie Database