Barbara Turner, a screenwriter, actress and producer best known for her work penning the 1995 film “Georgia,” died in Los Angeles on Tuesday. She was 79. Turner was also the mother of actress Jennifer Jason Leigh, who starred in “Georgia,” which depicted the troubled relationship between two singing sisters (Leigh and Mare Winningham). She was nominated for two Emmys for her work on the 1977 NBC film “The War Between the Tates,” starring Elizabeth Ashley and Richard Crenna, and the 2012 HBO movie “Hemingway & Gellhorn,” with Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman. Also Read: Patty Duke, Oscar- and Emmy-Winning Actress, Dies at 69 Turner’s numerous...
- 4/6/2016
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Barbara Turner, screenwriter of Petulia, Georgia and Pollock, has died. She was 79. The mother of actress Jennifer Jason Leigh passed away on Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to Variety. Among many of Turner's screenplay credits are 1968's Petulia, which earned her a Writers' Guild of America nomination, as well as 1977's The War Between the Tates, which garnered her an Emmy nomination. In 1994, Turner teamed up with daughter Leigh to produce her screenplay Georgia, directed by Ulu Grosbard. Years later in 2000, actors Marcia Gay Harden and Ed Harris earned Academy Award nominations for their roles in the Turner-scripted Jackson Pollock biopic Pollock.
- 4/6/2016
- by Karen Mizoguchi
- PEOPLE.com
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