Jane Wagner born February 26 1935 one of Americas most distinguished playwrights has won numerous awards including several Emmys for writing and producing and a Writers Guild Award for her work in television Wagner has also won a New York Drama Critics Circle Special Award and a New York Drama Desk Award for her Broadway success The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe a CableAce Award for Executive Producing the film adaptation of The Search three Grammy nominations for comedy albums she wrote with Lily Tomlin Modern Scream And Thats the Truth and On Stage and two Peabody Awardsthe first for the CBS television special JT and the second for the ABC television special Edith Anns Christmas Just Say Noël