Background
Turner was born Gloria Rose Turner in New York City, the daughter of Pearl (née Zisez) and Alexander Turner. Her parents were both from Austrian Jewish families (her father was an immigrant, as were her maternal grandparents).
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Turner was born Gloria Rose Turner in New York City, the daughter of Pearl (née Zisez) and Alexander Turner. Her parents were both from Austrian Jewish families (her father was an immigrant, as were her maternal grandparents).
Turner performed a cameo role in the family drama-comedy Margot at the Wedding, with daughter Jennifer, released in the fall of 2007. Work
Turner generally writes complex, emotionally charged human dramas which focus on character interaction and personal relationships. She had several minor acting roles in obscure film and television productions of the 1950s and 1960s before co-writing with then-husband Morrow.
In 1966, Morrow directed their screen adaptation of the Jean Genet play Deathwatch.
In 1973, she wrote the screenplay for the television movie The Affair, starring Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner. Praised as a sensitive depiction of a disabled woman coming to grips with her first romantic experience, the film developed a cult following after it lapsed into public domain status.
Turner later served as a script consultant on The Anniversary Party (2001), a film that Leigh wrote, produced and directed with Alan Cumming. In June 2010, it was announced that Turner and Jerry Stahl had written a screenplay for an Home Box Office film about Ernest Hemingway and his relationship with Martha Gellhorn entitled Hemingway & Gellhorn.
The film starred Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman when it aired in 2012.
James Gandolfini was executive producer of the film, which was directed by Philip Kaufman.