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Kerr, (Bridget) Jean

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Kerr, [Bridget] Jean [née Collins] (1923–2003), playwright. The popular dramatist was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and educated at Marywood College and Catholic University. Her first play to reach New York was Jenny Kissed Me (1948), then with her husband, Walter Kerr, she wrote sketches for the revue Touch and Go (1949), with Eleanor Brooke the comedy King of Hearts (1954), and with her husband the musical Goldilocks (1958). Kerr's biggest hit was the comedy Mary, Mary (1961), followed by Poor Richard (1964), Finishing Touches (1973), and Lunch Hour (1980). Her work is marked by a biting wit and shrewd personal observation.

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Jean Collins Kerr

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Jean Collins Kerr 1923–2003, American comic author and playwright, b. Scranton, Pa., wife of Walter Kerr . Kerr had a knack for finding wry humor in the worlds of marriage, suburbia, and show business. Her novel Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1957) was made into a movie (1960) and a television series (1965–67). Her other books include The Snake Had All the Lines (1960) and How I Got to Be Perfect (1978). Among her plays are Mary, Mary (1961), Poor Richard (1964), Finishing Touches (1973), and Lunch Hour (1980).

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