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Jessie Jones, ‘Dearly Departed’ Playwright, TV Actress, Dies at 75
Jamie Wooten said Jones was the most-produced female American playwright, with more than two dozen comedies staged in all 50 states and 25 countries.
- Jessie Jones, a veteran TV actress and prolific playwright, died on March 20 in Washington, D.C., following a long illness; her writing partner Jamie Wooten confirmed the death of the 75-year-old on Wednesday, April 1.
- Starting her career in the late 1980s, Jones appeared in popular series including 'Murphy Brown,' 'Night Court,' 'Perfect Strangers,' and 'Designing Women,' and held a series-regular role on the WB sitcom 'You're the One.'
- Transitioning to playwriting, Jones formed the 'Southern-flavored' comedic trio Jones Hope Wooten with Wooten and Nicholas Hope, creating plays like 'Dearly Departed,' which was adapted into the film 'Kingdom Come.'
- Her plays, including 'The Sweet Delilah Swim Club' and 'The Red Velvet Cake War,' have been performed in every U.S. state and more than 25 countries, with Wooten calling her the most-produced female American playwright.
- Friends noted Jones 'made the world laugh' and was 'incredibly gregarious and talented,' while her family requested that donations in her memory be made to Planned Parenthood.
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Jessie Jones, a television actress who reinvented herself as one of America's most-produced female playwrights, has died at 75. Her longtime friend and writing partner Jamie Wooten confirmed she passed away March 20 in Washington,...
Jessie Jones Dead: TV Actor & Prolific Playwright Was 75
Jessie Jones, a veteran TV character actor who guested on such popular series as Murphy Brown, Newhart and Night Court and also was a prolific comedy playwright, has died. She was 75. Her writing partner Jamie Wooten told Deadline that Jones died March 20 in Washington, D.C., after a long illness. Born on August 21, 1950, in the Texas Panhandle, Jones won a high school essay/speech contest before graduating from the University of Texas at Au…
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