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Jenny Lumet (born February 2, 1967) [1] [2] is an American actress and screenwriter. [3] She is the daughter of director Sidney Lumet and granddaughter of Lena Horne . Lumet wrote the original screenplay of the 2008 Jonathan Demme film Rachel Getting Married [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and had worked on the several Star Trek series.
Gail Lumet Buckley died on July 18, 2024, at her home in Santa Monica, California, aged 86, from heart failure. She was survived by her two daughters (from her first marriage), Jenny and Amy, as well as two grandchildren, including Jake Cannavale .
Sidney Arthur Lumet (/ l uː ˈ m ɛ t / loo-MET; [1] June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to film, where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York dramas which focused on the working class, tackled social injustices, and often questioned authority.
Screenwriter Jenny Lumet, known for her award-winning screenplay Rachel Getting Married, is Horne's granddaughter, the daughter of filmmaker Sidney Lumet and Horne's daughter Gail. [33] Her other grandchildren include Gail's other daughter, Amy Lumet, and her son's four children, Thomas, William, Samadhi and Lena.
Rachel Getting Married is a 2008 American drama film directed by Jonathan Demme, and starring Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, and Debra Winger.The film premiered at the 65th Venice International Film Festival on September 3, 2008, [2] opened in Canada's Toronto International Film Festival on September 6 and released in the U.S. to select theaters on October 3.
Somebody Killed Her Husband is a 1978 American comedy–mystery film directed by Lamont Johnson and written by Reginald Rose. It starred Farrah Fawcett and Jeff Bridges . Also in the cast were John Wood , Tammy Grimes and John Glover .
[37] [38] Lumet was not initially convinced he should cast Cazale. He was thirty-nine years old, [39] while Naturile was eighteen years old at the time of his death, but the director agreed after meeting him. [36] Penelope Allen starred as Sylvia "Mouth" (based on Shirley "Mouth" Ball), [23] and had worked with Pacino before on Scarecrow. [40]
On November 30, 2017, writer Jenny Lumet claimed that Simmons had raped her in 1991. In response, Simmons said he would step down from his positions with his businesses. [ 65 ] On the same day, HBO announced that they would be removing Simmons' name and likeness from his stand-up comedy specials starting with the December 1 episode.