Marsha Norman

Playwright

Birthday September 21, 1947

Birth Sign Virgo

Birthplace Illinois

Age 78 years old

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About

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright who wrote 'Night, Mother, as well as Tony-winning musicals like The Secret Garden.

Before fame

She worked as a journalist for The Louisville Times before writing her first play, Getting Out.

Trivia

She served on the faculty of Julliard and was named vice-president of the Dramatists Guild of America.

Family life

Her parents were fundamentalist Methodists.

Associated with

She wrote episodes of HBO's In Treatment, starring Gabriel Byrne.