Nancy Dowd

Nancy Dowd
Born	1945 (age 65–66) Framingham, Massachusetts
Occupation	Screenwriter, film director
Nationality	American
Notable work(s)	Slap Shot (1977) Coming Home (1978)
Notable award(s)	Academy Award Best Original Screenplay 1979 Coming Home

Nancy Dowd (born 1945) is a screenwriter most famous for her films Slap Shot and Coming Home.^[1][2] Her brother Ned Dowd inspired the story behind Slap Shot based on his experiences playing minor league hockey. She also acted in a minor role in Slap Shot and wrote lyrics for a song used in Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains, another film she wrote.^[3]

She often uses pseudonyms such as Ernest or Rob Morton or simply wrote films without being officially credited which can be seen under the subsequent filmography section.

Filmography as a Writer

• F.T.A. (1972) (writer)
• Slap Shot (1977) (writer)
• Coming Home (1978) (story)
• North Dallas Forty (1979) (uncredited)
• Straight Time (1979) (uncredited)
• Ordinary People (1980) (uncredited)
• Saturday Night Live (12 episodes: 1980-1981)
• Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1981) (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)
• Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice (2002) (characters)

References

1. ^ New York Times
2. ^ IMDb
3. ^ IMDb

External links

• Nancy Dowd at the Internet Movie Database
• Nancy Dowd at AllRovi

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Name	Dowd, Nancy
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Date of birth	1945
Place of birth	Framingham, Massachusetts
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