Judi Ann Mason

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Judi Ann Mason (b. 2nd February, 1956, in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA) is an American television writer, producer and playwright. While attending Grambling State University[1], she won the Norman Lear Award for comedy writing from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for her play, Livin’ Fat.[2] The following year she won the Lorraine Hansberry Playwriting Award for A Star Ain’t Nothin’ But A Hole In Heaven.[3] The New York Times said that Mason had created "captivating characters" in her play, but that she had forfeited letting main character Pokie face the decision between romance and a better life, when the character's boyfriend ends up joining the war in Vietnam.[4] Mason also taught playwriting classes in 2005.[5]

Her television credits include Good Times (hired by Norman Lear), Sanford and Son, A Different World, Beverly Hills, 90210, I'll Fly Away, American Gothic,[6] Generations, and Guiding Light. Her film credits include Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit [1], Motherland[7] and the Emmy Award/CableACE Award nominated Sophie And The Moonhanger. Her stageplay credits include The Cornbread Man[8] and Indigo Blues.[9]

Mason is married to Lanyard A. Williams.

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  1. ^ www.gram.edu Retrieved on May 17th, 2008.
  2. ^ www.onstagechattanooga.com Retrieved on May 17th, 2008.
  3. ^ www.coterietheatre.org Retrieved on May 17th, 2008.
  4. ^ query.nytimes.com Retrieved on May 17th, 2008.
  5. ^ www.geocities.com Retrieved on May 17th, 2008.
  6. ^ garycole.net Retrieved on May 17th, 2008.
  7. ^ www.rosettastonepictures.net Retrieved on May 17th, 2008.
  8. ^ www.arts.ufl.edu Retrieved on May 17th, 2008.
  9. ^ www.broadwayworld.com Retrieved on May 17th, 2008.

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