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Catherine Ann Jones

b. 1944

American playwright

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About Catherine Ann Jones

Born 1944. Catherine Ann Jones is an American playwright, actor, stage actor and writer.

Catherine Ann Jones (Katherine Rao) is an American dramatist and playwright as well as an actor and short story writer.

Early life and education

Career

Awards Jones's 2013 book, Heal Your Self with Writing, won the Nautilus Book Award in 2014.

Personal life When Jones was 19 she met Indian writer and novelist Raja Rao who was lecturing on Indian philosophy at the University of Texas, Austin. They were married in Paris in 1965 and had one son. The twenty-year marriage ended in divorce in 1986.

Works Books

Television 1976: Great Performances: "The Patriots" [S3.E28] – actress: Patsy Jefferson). 1988: The Christmas Wife (TV film) – writer and producer. 1996: Touched by an Angel: "A Joyful Noise" [S3.E2] – writer. 1996: Unlikely Angel (TV film) – writer.

Plays

Freud’s Oracle Calamity Jane Calamity Jane the Musical (Best Production 2015) The Women of Cedar Creek (NY Drama League Award, Beverly Hills Th. Guild Award) The Myth of Annie Beckman On the Edge: The Final Years of Virginia Woolf (NEA Award) Somewhere-in-Between Difficult Friends The Hill The Friend A Fairytale for Adults Always a Tomorrow

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Important facts

Born
13 April 1944
Birth century
20th century
Occupation
Playwright, actor, stage actor, writer
Nationality
United States
Employers
University of Southern California
Awards
Fulbright Scholarship

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American playwright

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Catherine Ann Jones

· Wikidata: Q16730396

· DBpedia: Catherine Ann Jones

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