---
name: "Jessica Klein"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jessica-klein"
fi1m_id: "jessica-klein"
tmdb_id: 3592630
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "14 March 1956"
died: "13 July 2022"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T12:07:28.878463+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jessica Klein

## Identity

Jessica Klein

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jessica-klein
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jessica-klein
- **TMDB ID:** 3592630
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3592630

Writer. Born 14 March 1956 in Manhattan, New York City, USA. Died 13 July 2022.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 14 March 1956, Manhattan, New York City, USA
- **Died:** 13 July 2022
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3592630

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Beverly Hills, 90210*](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md) (74)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jessica Klein was an American television writer and producer. She joined the Fox series *Beverly Hills, 90210* for its second season in 1991, partnering with her then-husband and writing collaborator Steve Wasserman. She received writing or story credits on 46 episodes and producing credits on 156 episodes through the seventh season.

Klein began her career in children's television with Sesame Street and served as head writer on the daytime soap *As the World Turns*. She wrote for prime-time series including *Northern Exposure*, *Mancuso, F.B.I.* and *Gabriel’s Fire*. Later work included co-creating the teen series *Just Deal* and producing *Scout’s Safari*. She earned two Daytime Emmy nominations.

Born in Manhattan on 14 March 1956, Klein died on 13 July 2022 in Beverly Hills.

*Sources: hollywoodreporter.com, variety.com, thewrap.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jessica-klein