Jennifer Salt
Salt in 1977
Born (1944-09-04) September 4, 1944[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Other namesJenifer Salt
Alma materSarah Lawrence College
Occupation(s)Actress, screenwriter, producer
Years active1968–present
Spouse
David Greenberg
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(m. 1976; div. 1980)​
Children1
Parent

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)..

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 De Woskin.[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

Year Title Role Notes
1970 Watercolor Gloria
1971 Father's Day Estelle Won Theater World award
1981 Hasty Heart
1982 Diplomacy

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1968 Murder a la Mod a 'Bird' (credited as Jenifer Salt)
1969 The Wedding Party Phoebe
1969 Midnight Cowboy Annie - Texas
1970 Hi, Mom! Judy Bishop
1970 The Revolutionary Helen
1970 Brewster McCloud Hope
1972 Play It Again, Sam Sharon
1972 Gargoyles Diana
1972 Sisters Grace Collier aka Blood Sisters
1980 It's My Turn Maisie
1985 Out of the Darkness Ann Zigo

Writer

Year Title Notes
2003 Tempo
2010 Eat Pray Love (Screenplay)

Television

Actress

Year Title Role Notes
1972 The F.B.I. Diane 1 episode - "The Franklin Papers"
1972 Gargoyles Diana Boley TV movie
1973 Love, American Style "Love and the Unwedding" segment
1974 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Judy Owens aka ABC Matinee Today
1974 The Great Niagara Lois TV movie
1977 All-Star Family Feud Special Herself (for Soap)
1978 Family Susie Robinson 1 episode
1979 $weepstake$ Episode: "Cowboy, Linda and Angie, Mark"
1979 Family Fortune Herself 2 episodes
1979 The Love Boat Patricia Lucas Season 3, episode #5: "My Boyfriend's Back"
1981 Terror Among Us Connie Paxton TV movie
1977–1981 Soap Eunice Tate 63 episodes
1984 Old Friends Laura King TV movie
1985 Out of the Darkness Ann Zigo TV movie
1986 Magnum, P.I. Susan Brandis 1 episode - "Find Me a Rainbow"
1981–1986 It's a Living Deedee 2 episodes
1986 Family Ties Mrs. Kluger 1 episode - "Be True To Your Preschool"
1987 Deadly Care Carol TV movie
1987 Murder, She Wrote Helen Langley 1 episode - "Indian Giver"
1988 Duet Cindy 1 episode - "Mommie and Me"
1988 Bustin' Loose Wanda 1 episode - "The Parent Trap"
1990 Empty Nest Linda Brody 1 episode - "Take My Mom, Please"
1990 The Marshall Chronicles Cynthia Brighman 6 episodes
1990 Lifestories Helen Forchette 1 episode - "Jerry Forchette"

Producer

Year Title Notes
2003–2010 Nip/Tuck (Producer, Co-Producer, Supervising Producer, Executive Producer)
2010 The Quickening (Executive Producer)
2011–present American Horror Story (Co-executive Producer)
2020–present Ratched (Executive Producer)

Writer

Year Title Notes
1998 Sins of the City 4 episodes
2000 The Stalking of Laurie Show TV movie, aka Rivals
2002 A Nero Wolfe Mystery Episode: "Cop Killer"
2003–2010 Nip/Tuck 19 episodes*
2011–present American Horror Story 9 episodes
2020–present Ratched 2 episodes

(* denotes Writers Guild of America Award nomination)

References

  1. 1 2 Associated Press (September 4, 2019). "Today in History; Today's Birthdays". Albuquerque Journal. p. A2. Retrieved May 1, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Riley, Jenelle (August 4, 2010). "Worth Her Salt". Backstage. Archived from the original on June 25, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 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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