[5][8] While out with her husband, who was scouting new talent in the clubs of Chicago,[7] she met stand-up comedian Woody Allen, who was sharing a billing with Capitol singer Nancy Wilson.
[5] Show creator Lorne Michaels resigned as producer of Saturday Night Live at the end of its fifth season and the entire cast and writing staff followed, with the exception of writer Brian Doyle-Murray.
Then-unknown Eddie Murphy would join the show as a featured player on the fourth episode and was upgraded to repertory status on January 24, 1981.
Only Piscopo, Murphy, and writers Pam Norris, Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield remained from Doumanian's tenure when the next season started.
During production of The Curse of the Jade Scorpion in 2000, however, she reportedly shocked Allen with the abrupt announcement that he had 48 hours to find alternative funding for the film.
[10] In May 2001, Allen filed a lawsuit against Doumanian and her business partner and long-time boyfriend Jacqui Safra, before Judge Ira Gammerman in the New York Supreme Court, claiming their production company had skimmed profits off of the movies.
She produced the 2013 film August: Osage County, which garnered Academy Award nominations for its stars, Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts.