She was the niece of film producer David O. Selznick (Gone with the Wind, 1939), providing her with early exposure to the industry.
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Her career spanned three decades and began with her discovery of a New York truck driver named Bernie Schwartz whom she developed into a matinee idol and future actor Tony Curtis. and climaxed with the casting of The Buddy Holly Story, released in 1978.
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1990s
- Scissors (1991)screenwriter