Jennifer Salt

Jennifer Salt (born September 4, 1944) is an American actress, producer, and screenwriter.

Salt was born in Los Angeles, California. Her parents were screenwriter Waldo Salt and actress Mary Davenport. She attended the High School of Performing Arts in New York City and graduated from Sarah Lawrence College.

Her best-remembered role was as Eunice Tate-Leitner on the comedy Soap. A notable early role was in 1969’s Midnight Cowboy, as Joe Buck’s hometown lover Crazy Annie. While living with actress Margot Kidder in Malibu in the early-1970s, she worked in tandem with American director Brian De Palma in the films The Wedding Party and Sisters, and appeared with Cornel Wilde and a young Scott Glenn in the Emmy winning TV film, Gargoyles.

She is currently retired from acting, and pursuing her writing career, including episode scripts for Nip/Tuck and other programs. She is a co-writer of the script for the 2010 Julia Roberts film Eat Pray Love based on Elizabeth Gilbert’s best-selling memoir of the same name.