She was born in New York City to Jack Skurnick and Fay Kleinman and was educated at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where she earned a BA in psychology while studying playwriting with Kenneth Thorpe Rowe, then did a masters degree at Michigan in early childhood education.
Across the span of six decades at Michigan, he taught and inspired legions of notable students, including Josh Greenfeld, Lawrence Kasdan, Dennis McIntyre, Robert McKee, Arthur Miller, Davi Napoleon (aka Davida Skurnick), Betty Smith, and Milan Stitt.
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According to an article in Michigan Today, Rowe helped Arthur Miller in making his first steps in Broadway by connecting him with people Rowe knew personally in the theater world.
Jim Thorpe | John Kenneth Galbraith | Kenneth Branagh | Kenneth McClintock | Kenneth Grahame | Ian Thorpe | Mike Rowe | Kenneth Cole | Kenneth Burke | Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds | Kenneth Williams | Kenneth Noland | Kenneth Clarke | Billy Thorpe | Kenneth T. Jackson | Kenneth Rexroth | Kenneth Hayne | Kenneth Cranham | Kenneth Cole Productions | Kenneth Cockrel, Jr. | Kenneth Anger | Richard Thorpe | Kenneth Tynan | Kenneth Kaunda | Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking | Kenneth Armitage | Kenneth More | Kenneth Goldsmith | Kenneth Frampton | Kenneth Fisher |