Biography
Jennifer Salt is an American actress, screenwriter and producer. Born in Los Angeles on 4 September 1944, she is the daughter of screenwriter Waldo Salt and actress Mary Davenport. She trained at the High School of Performing Arts in New York and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College.
Salt began her career as an actress in the late 1960s. She appeared in Midnight Cowboy (1969) as Annie, Sisters (1973) as Grace Collier and Play It Again, Sam (1972) as Sharon Lake. Her best-known television role was as Eunice Tate on the series Soap (1977–1981). She also had guest roles in series including Murder, She Wrote and Magnum, P.I..
From the late 1990s Salt concentrated on writing and producing. She wrote episodes of Nip/Tuck (2003–2010), on which she also served as producer, and co-wrote the screenplay for Eat Pray Love (2010). She has written and produced for American Horror Story (from 2011) and Ratched (2020).
