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Wasserstein, Wendy
1950 - Born on October 18th in Brooklyn, New York.
1971 - Attended Mount Holyoke College and City College of New York.
1973 - She wrote Any Woman Can't and Uncommon Woman.
1976 - Received her MFA in Drama from Yale School of Drama.
1984 - Wrote the plays Isn't It Romantic, The Heidi Chronicles, The Sisters Rosenzweig, and An American Daughter.
1988 - Received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Heidi Chronicles.
1993 - Appeared in the film Life with Mickey.
2006 - Died on January 30th in New York City from lymphoma.
1971 - Attended Mount Holyoke College and City College of New York.
1973 - She wrote Any Woman Can't and Uncommon Woman.
1976 - Received her MFA in Drama from Yale School of Drama.
1984 - Wrote the plays Isn't It Romantic, The Heidi Chronicles, The Sisters Rosenzweig, and An American Daughter.
1988 - Received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Heidi Chronicles.
1993 - Appeared in the film Life with Mickey.
2006 - Died on January 30th in New York City from lymphoma.
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