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Nancy Dowd (born 1945) is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter most famous for her films Slap Shot and Coming Home.[1]

Nancy Dowd
Born	1945 (age 76–77) Framingham, Massachusetts
Occupation	Screenwriter
Nationality	American
Notable works	Slap Shot (1977) Coming Home (1978)
Notable awards	Academy Award Best Original Screenplay 1979 Coming Home

Career

Dowd is a graduate of the UCLA Film School.

Her brother Ned Dowd inspired the story behind Slap Shot based on his experiences playing minor league hockey. Ned and his wife, Nancy N. Dowd, both appeared in the film.[2]

She wrote lyrics for a song used in Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, another film she wrote.

Dowd often uses pseudonyms such as Rob Morton or Ernest Morton, or simply writes films without being officially credited.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

• F.T.A. (1972) (Documentary)
• Slap Shot (1977)
• Coming Home (with Waldo Salt and Robert C. Jones) (1978)
• Straight Time (1978) (uncredited)
• North Dallas Forty (1979) (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live (1980-1981) (TV)
• Ordinary People (1980) (uncredited)
• Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1982) (as "Rob Morton")
• Love (1982) (segment "For Life")
• Cloak & Dagger (1984) (uncredited)
• Swing Shift (1984) (as "Rob Morton")
• White Nights (1985) (uncredited)
• Let It Ride (1989) (as "Ernest Morton")

References

External links

• Nancy Dowd at IMDb
• Nancy Dowd at AllMovie

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