news Nancy Dowd writing Jan 1, 1945 81 years Framingham, Massachusetts, USA news ✕ loading… add oscars oscars ✕ 1 win 1978 WRITING (Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen) Robert C. Jones, Waldo Salt Coming Home 17 of 17 films rated IMDb avg 6.3 IMDb median 6.7 RT avg 67% RT median 83% highest rated Ordinary People 7.7 Straight Time 7.4 Coming Home 7.3 Slap Shot 7.2 Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary 7.0 North Dallas Forty 6.9 Let It Ride 6.8 White Nights 6.7 Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains 6.7 Cloak & Dagger 6.6 writing 10 crew 6 acting 1 sound 1 editing 1 directing 1 writing Slap Shot 3: The Junior League → Characters Slap Shot 2: Breaking the Ice → Characters Let It Ride → Screenplay Happy New Year → Screenplay Swing Shift → Writer Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains → Writer Love → Writer Coming Home → Story Slap Shot → Writer Saturday Night Live (TV) → Writer