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name: "Janet Roach"
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roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
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updated: "2026-09-17T20:14:42.994067+00:00"
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# Janet Roach

Writer. Born 1 January 2000 in Old Lyme, Connecticut, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Old Lyme, Connecticut, United States
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22106131, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0730027/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/21279

## Biography

Janet Roach is an American screenwriter and television writer. She co-wrote the screenplay for the 1985 film *Prizzi's Honor* with Richard Condon, adapting Condon's novel; the film was directed by John Huston.

A graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, Roach began her career in broadcast journalism as a researcher for CBS News. She later wrote for documentary series including *CBS Reports*, *Creativity with Bill Moyers* and *A Walk Through the 20th Century with Bill Moyers*. She received an Academy Award nomination, a BAFTA Award and a Writers Guild of America Award for *Prizzi's Honor*.

Roach also wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film *Mr. North*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, lymeline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Prizzi's Honor* (1985), Fi1m 82, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/prizzis-honor.md)

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