Beth Henley

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Beth Henley
Born Elizabeth Becker Henley 8 May 1952 (1952-05-08) (age 57) Jackson, Mississippi, USA Nationality United States Alma mater Southern Methodist University University of Illinois
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Awards	Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1981)

Elizabeth Becker Henley (8 May 1952, Jackson, Mississippi) is an American dramatist and actress. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1981 for her play, Crimes of the Heart (1978).

Her most famous play, Crimes of the Heart, was her first produced professionally. It opened at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and then moved to New York. 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 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.

Henley adapted her play, The Miss Firecracker Contest, into a 1989 film starring Holly Hunter entitled Miss Firecracker.

Henley continues to write plays and screenplays from her adopted home in California. She is an alumna of Southern Methodist University.

Her latest play, Ridiculous Fraud, played at the McCarter Theatre until June 11, 2006.

Contents 1 Bibliography 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Bibliography

• 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)

[edit] 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

[edit] References

• John B. Padgett (June 1999). "MWP: Beth Henley". The Mississippi Writers Page. http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/english/ms-writers/dir/henley_beth. Retrieved on 2008-12-21. 
• Department of Archives and Special Collections (2008). "The Beth Henley collection (MUM00228)". J.D. Williams Library, The University of Mississippi. http://purl.oclc.org/umarchives/MUM00228. Retrieved on 2008-12-21. 

[edit] External links

• Beth Henley at the Internet Broadway Database
• Beth Henley at the Internet Movie Database
• Beth Henley at the Internet off-Broadway Database

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