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Isabel Mirrow Brown (June 9, 1928 – August 2014) was an American ballerina. A fictionalized version of her life was documented in the 1977 film The Turning Point, in which she was portrayed by Shirley MacLaine, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance.
Apr 1, 2015 · Isabel Mirrow Brown, a corps member of Ballet Theatre in its early days and the mother of ballet dancers Leslie, Ethan and Elizabeth, died in August. The 1977 film The Turning Point was partly based on her and her family.
The script is a fictionalized version of the real-life Brown family and the friendship between ballerinas Isabel Mirrow Brown (whose daughter, Leslie Browne, stars in the film) and Nora Kaye.
Isabel Mirrow Brown [1] was an American ballerina. A fictionalized version of her life was documented in the 1977 film The Turning Point, in which she was portrayed by Shirley MacLaine, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance.[2][3]
Isabel Mirrow Brown, a member of Ballet Theatre in its early days and later immortalized in the screenplay for The Turning Point, died in August 2014 at age 86. Brown was born in the Bronx into a family of Jewish-Russian immigrants and was a childhood friend of future ballerina Nora Kaye.
Isabel Mirrow Brown was an American ballerina. Background She was born in New York City, United States, the daughter of Jewish-Russian immigrant parents Sonia and Alexander "Sasha" Mirrow (1893-1977).
Isabel Mirrow Brown is an American actress and singer who has been active in the entertainment industry since the 1950s. She is best known for her roles in films such as The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Nun's Story (1959), and The Miracle Worker (1962).
