Editing Kathleen Turner (section)

==Early life==
Born June 19, 1954, in [[Springfield, Missouri]],<ref name="SendSelfRoses">{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=Kathleen |last2=Feldt |first2=Gloria |title=Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on my Life, Love and Leading Roles |date=February 2008 |publisher=Springboard Press (Hatchette Book Group USA) |isbn=978-0446581127 |page=[https://archive.org/details/sendyourselfrose00turn/page/27 27] |url=https://archive.org/details/sendyourselfrose00turn/page/27 }}</ref> to Patsy ([[married and maiden names|née]] Magee)<ref name="Patsy Magee Turner">{{cite web | title=Obituary for Patsy Magee Turner at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home, Inc. | website=Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home, Inc. | date=25 May 1923 | url=https://www.gormanscharpf.com/obituary/5070732 | access-date=26 July 2024 | archive-date=26 July 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726025650/https://www.gormanscharpf.com/obituary/5070732 | url-status=live }}</ref> and Allen Richard Turner, a [[United States Foreign Service|U.S. Foreign Service]] officer<ref name="Patsy Magee Turner"/> who grew up in China (where Turner's great-grandfather had been a [[Methodist]] [[missionary]]), Turner is the third of four children, and the only one to be born in the United States.{{sfn | Turner | Feldt | 2008 | pp=27}} She has a sister, Susan, and two brothers.<ref name="adst" /><ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.biography.com/people/kathleen-turner-9512176 |work=Biography Channel |title=Kathleen Turner |access-date=October 7, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930080801/http://www.biography.com/people/kathleen-turner-9512176 |archive-date=September 30, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="turner1">{{cite web|url=http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/5091/edition_id/93/format/html/displaystory.html|title=Star Kathleen Turner focuses on peace during first Israel trip|access-date=December 25, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090109193633/http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/5091/edition_id/93/format/html/displaystory.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Raised in a strictly conservative [[Christians|Christian]] home, Turner's interest in performing was discouraged by both of her parents: "My father was of missionary stock", she later explained, "so [[theater]] and acting were just one step up from being a [[Street prostitution|streetwalker]], you know? So when I was performing in school, he would drive my mom [there] and sit in the car. She'd come out at intermissions and tell him, 'She's doing very well.{{' "}}<ref name="bio" /><ref name="monster">{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/20/theater/newsandfeatures/20gree.html |date = March 20, 2005 |title = Kathleen Turner Meets Her Monster |first = Jesse |last = Green |work=[[The New York Times]]| access-date = January 21, 2007}}</ref>

Owing to her father's position with the Foreign Service, Turner grew up in Canada, Cuba, Venezuela, and London, England.{{sfn |Turner|Feldt |2008 |pp=28-39}} She attended high school at [[The American School in London]],{{sfn |Turner|Feldt |2008 |p=40}} graduating in 1972.<ref name="adst">{{cite web |url=http://adst.org/oral-history/fascinating-figures/im-still-a-dip-kid/ |work=Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training |title=I'm still a dip kid |access-date=October 7, 2013 |first=Kathleen |last=Turner |archive-date=October 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006083434/http://adst.org/oral-history/fascinating-figures/im-still-a-dip-kid/ |url-status=live }}</ref> "The start of real acting for me began during high school in London", she stated in her 2008 memoir. "There were seven of us who were sort of a theater mafia. We produced, directed, acted, chose the plays, got one teacher fired and another one hired."{{sfn |Turner|Feldt |2008 |p=41}} Her father died of a [[coronary thrombosis]] one week before her graduation,{{sfn |Turner|Feldt |2008 |p=45}}<ref name="adst"/> and the family returned to Springfield, Missouri. At the age of 19, Turner began volunteering at a local [[Planned Parenthood]] office.<ref name="sackler" />

She attended [[Missouri State University|Southwest Missouri State University]]{{sfn |Turner|Feldt |2008 |p=48}} for two years, studying theater. During this period, director [[Herbert Blau]] saw her performance in ''[[The House of Blue Leaves]]'', and invited her to spend her senior year at the [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]],{{sfn |Turner|Feldt |2008 |p=52}} where she received a [[Bachelor of Fine Arts]] degree in 1977.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-maryland-baltimore-county-2105 |work=US News |title=University of Maryland--Baltimore County |access-date=October 7, 2013 |archive-date=September 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923003434/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-maryland-baltimore-county-2105 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During that period, Turner acted in several productions directed by film and stage director [[Steve Yeager (filmmaker)|Steve Yeager]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2009/06/14/his-movies-bring-to-life-those-living-on-the-edge/ |title=His Movies Bring to Life Those Living on the Edge |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=June 14, 2009 |access-date=May 14, 2014 |archive-date=January 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116122545/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2009-06-14/features/0906120092_1_divine-trash-sundance-film-festival-drag |url-status=live }}</ref>