The Mad Miss Manton
1938
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Leigh Jason (July 26, 1904 – February 19, 1979) was an American film director and screenwriter. He was born in New York, New York, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. He married Ruth Harriet Louise in 1927 at Temple B'nai B'rith, with William Wyler as his best man.
Director: Metropolitan Nocturne. Leigh Jason (born Leigh Jacobson) was an instructor at UCLA before entering the film business in 1924 as an electrician. He turned to screenwriting in 1926, then changed his name to Leigh Jason when he started directing in 1928.
- July 26, 1904
- February 19, 1979
Director: Metropolitan Nocturne. Leigh Jason (born Leigh Jacobson) was an instructor at UCLA before entering the film business in 1924 as an electrician. He turned to screenwriting in 1926, then changed his name to Leigh Jason when he started directing in 1928.
- Director, Writer, Production Manager
- July 26, 1904
- Leigh Jason
- February 19, 1979
- Who Is Jennifer Jason Leigh?
- Early Life
- 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High'
- 'Last Exit to Brooklyn' and 'Backdraft'
- 'Single White female' and 'Short Cuts'
- 'Dolores Claiborne'
- 'Cabaret' and 'Proof'
- 'The Hateful Eight' Oscar Nomination
- 'Weeds'
- Personal Life
Jennifer Jason Leigh was born in 1962 in California, and started acting as a child. She shined in such 1980s television and film projects as The Best Little Girl in the World and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Over the years, she has established herself as a skilled dramatic actress in films like Single White Female (1992), Short Cuts (1993) and Dol...
Leigh was born Jennifer Leigh Morrow on February 5, 1962, in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of actor Vic Morrow and screenwriter Barbara Turner. At an early age, Leigh became interested in acting. She studied with famed acting coach Lee Strasberg before beginning her professional career. Early on, Leigh landed a number of television g...
Moving on to more substantial roles in the 1980s, Leigh starred as an anorexic teenager in the 1981 television movie The Best Little Girl in the World. She also appeared in the seminal teen flick Fast Times at Ridgemont High with Sean Penn, Judge Reinhold, Phoebe Cates and Forest Whitakerthe following year.
As she made the transition from child to adult actor, Leigh tackled a series of challenging roles. She earned great reviews for her work in the urban drama Last Exit to Brooklyn (1990), based on the book by Hubert Selby Jr. The following year, Leigh appeared in the firefighter drama Backdraft (1991) with Kurt Russell. She also co-starred with Jason...
One of Leigh's most well-known roles was the deeply disturbed roommate in Single White Female (1992), with Bridget Fonda. She was also part of the stellar ensemble cast for Robert Altman's Short Cuts (1993), which also included Julianne Moore and Tim Robbins. Tackling a literary legend, Leigh earned positive reviews for her portrayal of writer Doro...
Leigh also received many positive reviews for her work in the Stephen King mystery Dolores Claiborne (1995) starring Kathy Bates. That same year, she starred opposite Mare Winningham in the sister drama Georgia(1995).
In 1998, Leigh made her Broadway debut in a revival of Cabaret with Alan Cumming. She took over the part of Sally Bowles from Natasha Richardson. With Cumming, Leigh also co-wrote and directed the 2001 dramatic comedy The Anniversary Party. That same year, Leigh returned to Broadway to join the cast of Proof, replacing Mary-Louise Parker in the lea...
Leigh continues to work on a variety of films, including 2013's Kill Your Darlings. This film looks at the lives of such legendary poets and writers as Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. In 2015, she garnered a Golden Globe nomination for her turn as Daisy "The Prisoner" Domergue in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, followe...
Success also came to Leigh on the small screen. She had a recurring role on the dramatic comedy Weeds, and in 2012, she joined the cast of the popular primetime drama Revenge starring Emily VanCamp. The actress has more recently starred in Twin Peaks (2018) and Patrick Melrose (2018) and can be currently seen on Netflix's Atypical.
In 2005, Leigh married film writer-director Noah Baumbach. The couple worked together on the 2007 movie Margot at the Wedding. They also co-wrote Greenberg (2010), starring Ben Stiller. Leigh and Baumbach filed for divorce that same year, only months after the birth of their son, Rohmer. Their split was made official in 2013.
The Mad Miss Manton is a 1938 American screwball comedy - mystery film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Barbara Stanwyck as fun-loving socialite Melsa Manton and Henry Fonda as newspaper editor Peter Ames.
Nov 27, 2019 · Its verisimilitude has inspired comparisons to the director’s own marriage, to the Los Angeles-born actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, whom he divorced in 2013.
Feb 26, 2013 · As for director Leigh Jason, he was very active in B pictures without distinguishing himself. This was his third film in a row starring Blondell.
