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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nancy_DowdNancy Dowd - Wikipedia

    Dowd was born in Framingham, Massachusetts, the daughter of wealthy machine tool plant operator. She graduated from Smith College and spent her junior year at the Sorbonne. After graduation she taught English in Tokyo and worked for a time as a beer hall hostess. She later attended the UCLA Film School and worked as a student assistant to the ...

  2. www.imdb.com › name › nm0235683Nancy Dowd - IMDb

    Nancy Dowd is an Oscar-winning writer and director, known for Slap Shot, Coming Home and Love. She was born in 1945 in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA and has a brother named Ned Dowd.

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    • Writer, Director, Actress
    • Framingham, Massachusetts, USA
    • Nancy Dowd
  3. Nancy Dowd is a writer and director of Slap Shot (1977), Coming Home (1978) and Love (1982). She was born in 1945 in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA and is the sister of Ned Dowd.

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Slap_ShotSlap Shot - Wikipedia

    Slap Shot. Slap Shot is a 1977 American sports comedy film directed by George Roy Hill, written by Nancy Dowd, and starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean. It depicts a minor league ice hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a factory town in decline.

  5. Feb 7, 2017 · The characters were brought to life by screenwriter Nancy Dowd, who turned a visit with her brother, Ned, a Johnstown player, into a chance to embed herself in the Jets’ dressing rooms, buses ...

  6. Learn about Nancy Dowd, a breakout female screenwriter of the 70s and 80s who won an Oscar for COMING HOME but faced challenges and controversies in her career. Listen to the podcast episode to discover her story and achievements.

  7. Nancy Dowd is a female screenwriter who penned some of the most memorable films of the 1970s and 1980s, such as Slap Shot, Coming Home, and Ladies And Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains. She won an Oscar for Coming Home, but her work is often overlooked or uncredited in film commentary.

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