Jane Stanton Hitchcock(1946-2025)

Writer
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Jane Stanton Hitchcock is an award-winning author and avid poker player. She is best known for her mystery novels "Trick of the Eye", "The Witches' Hammer", "Social Crimes", "One Dangerous Lady", "Mortal Friends", and "Bluff". Jane is also a playwright who wrote Broadway and Off-Broadway plays such as "Grace" and "The Custom of the Country". She wrote the film scripts for Our Time (1974), and First Love (1977).

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First Love

5.9

Writer

1977

Our Time

6.2

Writer(as Jane C. Stanton)

1974

Trick of the Eye

5.6

TV Movie

Writer

1994

Angel River

5.1

Script and Continuity Department

1986

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Writer

Trick of the Eye
5.6
TV Movie
- novel
- 1994
Yes, Virginia...
TV Short
- Writer
- 1990
First Love
5.9
- screenplay
- 1977
Our Time
6.2
- Writer (as Jane C. Stanton)
- 1974

Script and Continuity Department

Angel River
5.1
- script consultant
- 1986

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Official sites
- Facebook Fan Page
- Instagram
Alternative name
- Jane C. Stanton
Born
- November 24, 1946
- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Died
- June 23, 2025
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA(pancreatic cancer)
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Other works
Her play, "Vanilla," was performed at the Lyric Theatre in London, England with Sian Phillips, Joanna Lumley, Ron Cook, Greg Hicks, and Charlotte Cornwell in the cast. Harold Pinter was director.
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Daughter of Joan Alexander

Quotes
On imagination: The key to life is imagination. If you don't have that, no matter what you have, it's meaningless. If you do have imagination...you can make a feast of straw.