Editing William Hurt (section)

== Early life and education ==
Hurt was born on March 20, 1950, in [[Washington, D.C.]], to Claire Isabel (née McGill; 1923–1971),<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Claire Isabelle McGill Luce (1923–1971) |encyclopedia=Oregon Encyclopedia |publisher=Oregon Historical Society |url=https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/luce_claire_mcgill_1923-1971 |access-date=July 23, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=November 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127144110/https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/luce_claire_mcgill_1923-1971/ }}</ref> who worked for [[Time Inc.]], and Alfred <!-- McChord is correct -->McChord<!-- McChord is correct --> Hurt (1910–1996), who worked for the [[United States Agency for International Development]] and the [[United States Department of State|State Department]].<ref name="KittsObit">{{Cite news |date=August 27, 1996 |title=Juliette Kitts Dies |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/08/27/juliette-kitts-dies/e1ef2fa7-4295-4091-92b6-f9f34e0a4a7c/ |access-date=March 13, 2022 |quote=Survivors include two sons from his first marriage, the actor William McChord Hurt and James Harlan Hurt, both of New York; and five grandchildren }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=William Hurt |url=http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/?uuid=41787253-6d25-4ca5-9789-bbc28a17c5d6 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 30, 2011 |publisher=E! |archive-date=July 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120729230051/http://uk.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/?uuid=41787253-6d25-4ca5-9789-bbc28a17c5d6 }}</ref> He had two brothers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 24, 1971 |title=Mrs. Henry Luce 3d, Investment Analyst, Is Dead |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/24/archives/mrs-henry-lute-3d-nvestrnent-analyst-is-deadl-wife-of-time-pnbliher.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314084322/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/24/archives/mrs-henry-lute-3d-nvestrnent-analyst-is-deadl-wife-of-time-pnbliher.html }}</ref> With his father, he lived in [[Lahore]], [[Mogadishu]], and [[Khartoum]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=William Hurt: In Every Role, A New Life To Inhabit |publisher=[[NPR]] |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124043013 |access-date=November 30, 2011 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218164812/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124043013 |url-status=live }}</ref> His parents divorced and, in 1960, his mother married Henry Luce III (1925–2005), a son of publisher [[Henry Luce]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hinson |first=Hal |date=January 25, 1989 |title=The Intensity of Being William Hurt |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/01/25/the-intensity-of-being-william-hurt/7208586c-27b8-4e9f-8c25-79e30cd5d525/ |access-date=March 13, 2022 |archive-date=March 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315025731/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1989/01/25/the-intensity-of-being-william-hurt/7208586c-27b8-4e9f-8c25-79e30cd5d525/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hurt attended the [[Middlesex School]], where he was vice-president of the Dramatics Club and had the lead role in several school plays. He graduated in 1968 and his yearbook predicted, "you might even see him on Broadway." Hurt attended [[Tufts University]] and studied theology,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sandra Brennan |date=2013 |title=William Hurt |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/34104/William-Hurt/biography |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220044509/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/34104/William-Hurt/biography |archive-date=December 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Brennan | first=Sandra | title=William Hurt - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | website=AllMovie | date=March 20, 1950 | url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/william-hurt-p34104 | access-date=March 14, 2022}}</ref> but turned instead to acting and joined the [[Juilliard School]] (Drama Division [[List of Juilliard School people|''Group 5'':]] 1972–1976).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alumni News: September 2007 |url=http://www.juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111121334/http://juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2007-2008/0709/index.php |archive-date=November 11, 2011 |website=Juilliard |quote=William Hurt (Group 5)}}</ref>