The term SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS SCREENWRITER is referring to Inge, a four-letter German-American playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1961 Academy Award-winning screenplay for the film Splendor in the Grass, which was based on her own play of the same name. Inge was also nominated for an Academy Award for her screenplay for the 1969 film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. She wrote several other plays and screenplays throughout her career, and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1981.