Barbara Turner Biography ((?)-)

Married Vic Morrow (an actor), 1957 (divorced, 1964); married Reza Badiyi (afilm producer and director; divorced); children: (first marriage) Jennifer Jason Leigh (an actress), Carrie Ann Morrow; (second marriage) Mina Badie (an actress). Addresses: Agent: The Gersh Agency, 232 North Canon Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90210; Lynn Pleshette Literary Agency, 2700 N. Beachwood Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90068.

Gender
Female
Occupation
Writer, actress, producer, director

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Appearances
  • Jenny Ivers, Two-Gun Lady, Associated Film Releasing Corp., 1956
  • Judy, Wink of an Eye, United Artists, 1958
  • Lorna, Monster from Green Hell, Distributors of America, 1958
  • Sara, Operation Eichmann, Allies Artists, 1961
  • (Uncredited) Mrs. Long, Solider Blue, AVCO Embassy, 1970
  • Film Work
  • Producer, Georgia, Miramax, 1995
  • Director, Beautiful View, 2000
  • Script consultant, The Anniversary Party, Fine Line, 2001
  • Television Appearances
  • Movies
  • Nightmare in Chicago (also known as Once upon a Savage Night), 1964
  • The farmer's wife, The Desperate Mission (also known as JoaquinMurietta), NBC, 1969
  • Episodic
  • Joyce, "The Glorious Red Gallagher," Medic, NBC, 1956
  • Alice, "Street of Fear," M Squad, NBC, 1957
  • "Heartbeat," Suspicion, NBC, 1957
  • "Heroes Never Group Up," Schlitz Playhouse of Stars, CBS, 1958
  • "Portrait of a Murderer," Playhouse 90, CBS, 1958
  • Mary Sawyer, "No Luck on Friday," Outlaws, NBC, 1961
  • Rose Hill, "I Hear America Singing," Ben Casey, ABC, 1962
  • Emmy, "Lollipop Louie," Alcoa Premiere, ABC, 1963
  • Hildegarde, "Once upon a Savage Knight," Kraft Suspense Theatre, NBC, 1964
  • Fanny Birnbaum, "A Nightingale Named Nathan," Ben Casey, ABC, 1965
  • Louise Devers, "Harvest of Strangers," The Virginian, NBC, 1966
  • Television Work
  • Movies
  • Associate producer, Freedom, ABC, 1981
  • Supervising producer, Sessions, ABC, 1983
  • Producer, Eye on the Sparrow, NBC, 1987
  • WRITINGS
  • Screenplays
  • Deathwatch (adapted from Jean Genet's play of the same title), Altura Films International, 1967
  • Petulia (adapted from John Haase's novel), Warner Bros./Seven Arts, 1968
  • Georgia, Miramax, 1995
  • Dead Ringer (adapted from Albert Beich and Oscar Millard's 1964 film), Warner Bros., 1996
  • Pollock (based on Steven Naifeh and Gergory White Smith's biography), Sony Pictures Classics, 2000
  • Beautiful View, 2000
  • (Story only) The Company, Sony Pictures Classics, 2003
  • Also wrote Barn Blind (adapted from Jane Smiley's novel); Watseka; Knowledge of Angels (adapted from Jill Paton Walsh's novel).
  • Television Movies
  • The Affair, ABC, 1973
  • Widow, NBC, 1976
  • The War between the Tates, NBC, 1977
  • Freedom, ABC, 1981
  • Sessions, ABC, 1983
  • Eye on the Sparrow, NBC, 1987
  • Somebody's Daughter, ABC, 1992
  • Out of Darkness, ABC, 1994
  • Television Pilots
  • The Dark Side of Innocence (also known as The Hancocks), NBC, 1976