"Hollywood stars to help Shelbyville native's film". [224] Cunneen moved in with her in the spring of 1991. Please enter your email and password to sign in. She told journalist Leon Wagener: "One of those children Clint made her abort could have been the grandson I've always wanted.". Brad Schmitt. "[33] Eastwood claimed Locke told him on multiple occasions that she never wanted to have children. [97] Locke said she chose the role for its exposure,[98] following a run of unremarkable credits. [127] She was also bumped from The Oprah Winfrey Show and, in her words, "shut out of most venues to promote the book, in particular the networks. The Oscar-nominated actress had a long Hollywood careerand a turbulent relationship with Clint Eastwood, resulting in two acrimonious lawsuits. Actually, Locke was three years past the median age of first marriages for women in that era. Theyre one of Hollywoods brightest starsand most troubled actors. Smith departed the scene before Sondra's birth. Sondra Locke (1944-2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood. You can always change this later in your Account settings. "[128], After 13 years away from acting, Locke returned to the screen in 1999 with cameo roles in the straight-to-video films The Prophet's Game with Dennis Hopper and Clean and Narrow with Wings Hauser. [59][g] For the first audition in Birmingham, then-fianc Gordon Anderson gave his bride a so-called Hollywood makeover: he bound her bosom,[61] bleached her eyebrows[33] and carefully fixed her hair, makeup and outfit so as to create a more gamine appearance. The supercalifragilistic Lin-Manuel Miranda, The Golden Globes are quirkyand thats a good thing, How The Sopranos gave us Trump training wheels, Rockos Modern Life was even loonier than you thought, The years best movies,according to our critic. In 1997, Locke's autobiography The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey was published by William Morrow and Company. Joyce Haber (1972-11-08). "Love was not something to search out actively; it finds you, I believed. Alan Rudolph, Keith Carradine, Sondra Locke and Jennifer Tilly in Person at the Music Hall for RAY MEETS HELEN. She also directed four films, notably Impulse (1990), and published an autobiography, The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey (1997). After-the-fact publicity claimed that 2,000 actresses tried out for the role. "[131] Locke was nonetheless grateful to have a platform at all, stating: "It was a miracle that a major publisher took it. [213] The case is used in some modern law-school contract textbooks to illustrate the legal concept of good faith. 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If you were in Clint Eastwood movies, you were in the Clint Eastwood movie business, she explained. A general view of atmosphere of actor/director Clint Eastwood's home/house on February 14, 2021 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA. They both enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University in 1962, but she left after a year and worked in Nashville as a TV station assistant, while acting with a community theatre group. How did it come to this? Sondra Elaine Locke, of Edmond, Oklahoma, passed away December 4, 2019. Sondra Locke Sondra Locke, an Oscar-nominated actress for "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" and a frequent co-star of her ex-husband Clint Eastwood, whom she successfully sued for fraud in 1995, died on Nov A Space Odyssey," died on Jan. Use this page to find out if Jacobs, Julia. [204] The outcome, Locke said, sent a "loud and clear" message to Hollywood, "that people cannot get away with whatever they want to just because they're powerful. As far as she was concerned their relationship was still salvageable. How Should a Cinephile Grapple with Bertoluccis Tainted Legacy? [100] The film was one of the top 15 grossing films of 1976 and revived Locke's career. Just as he was about to look away into the distant desert, he caught sight of me, she wrote in her 1997 autobiography The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly. [77] The Playboy layout established Locke's status as a sex symbol, and the images were recycled in other men's magazines as her fame increased. Sondra Locke (Sandra Louise Anderson), actor and director, born 28 May 1944; died 3 November 2018, Actor and director who starred opposite her partner Clint Eastwood in six hit movies, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195334615/sondra-locke. She was 74 years old. based on information from your browser. "Sondra Locke: A match for the macho Clint Eastwood". Please try again later. While Locke was on the set of Impulse in 1989, Eastwood changed the locks on their home and dumped her belongings on the lawn. Her closest friends had been the wives of Eastwood's colleagues: Maria Shriver, Cynthia Sikes Yorkin and Lili Fini Zanuck, all 1011 years younger than Locke and married to film industry heavyweights Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bud Yorkin and Richard D. Zanuck respectively. Locke resented having her relationship with Eastwood labeled as an affair and being made to feel sordid as if she had "stolen" a married man, but did not contemporaneously refute such notions.[33]. [41] From 1958, she attended Shelbyville Central High School, where she was again valedictorian and voted "Duchess of Studiousness" by classmates. So she filed another suit, alleging that Eastwood defrauded her, and that the Warner Bros. deal she had been given was not real. [33], Her next role was as Melisse in Cover Me Babe (1970), originally titled Run Shadow Run,[78] opposite Robert Forster. Locke starred as a bitter heiress who joins a traveling Wild West show in Bronco Billy (1980), her only film with Eastwood not to reach blockbuster status, though it still ranked among the annual box office top 25. "Career Off to Great Start, and Then". [38][44][45] She dropped out after completing two semesters of study. [100], During their 14 years as de facto husband and wife, Locke and Eastwood had lived in seven homes and acquired four, including a retreat in Sun Valley, Idaho, and the Rising River Ranch near Cassel. The suit was eventually settled in 1996 for an undisclosed sum. On the coattails of the franchise's success, she performed live in concert (one-off gigs) with The Everly Brothers, Eddie Rabbitt and Tom Jones.[116]. She achieved recognition for her relationship with Clint Eastwood and the six hit films they made together. Locke announced plans to develop and star in a movie about Marie Antoinette, but the project fell apart. Ultimately, Locke made two films during that period: Ratboy (1986) and Impulse (1990). She was nominated for a best-supporting-actress Oscar for her performance, an auspicious welcome for the Hollywood newcomer. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Sondra Elaine Locke, of Edmond, Oklahoma, passed away December 4, 2019. "[207], Locke brought a separate action against Warner Bros. for allegedly conspiring with Eastwood to sabotage her directorial career. He's said things that were hurtful to my character and hurtful to me professionally. Looking for more? "For Human Options, the Light Is Bright". Lloyd acted with Locke again in Gondola (1973), a racially themed, three-character teleplay co-starring Bo Hopkins, and commended the actress for "a beautiful performance perhaps her best ever. [171], Eastwood was married during the early years of their relationship,[172][173] before their affair became public in 1978,[41] but his marriage was a nominal one just as Locke's was: he had sired at least two publicly unacknowledged children outside the marriage[100][174][175][176] and confided he'd "never been in love before. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Locke, best known for her movies with Clint Eastwood ad her off-screen romance with Eastwood,. [128] She filed a $70 million palimony suit on April 26,[100][168] charging Eastwood with breach of contract, emotional distress, forcible entry and possession of stolen goods. Cregg in Shelbyville?". [241][242], Numerous outlets faced pushback over their chosen headlines for Locke's obituary. "[110], Over the course of their decade-and-a-half-long personal relationship, Locke did not work in any capacity on any theatrical motion picture other than with Eastwood except for 1977's experimental horror western The Shadow of Chikara. Try again. [204] Before any court decision could be made, Locke settled the case with Eastwood for an undisclosed amount of money. [33] When this became public knowledge a decade after the fact, Eastwood issued a statement: I adamantly deny and deeply resent the accusation that either one of those abortions or the tubal ligation were done at my demand, request or even suggestion. Jeanne Miller. "Locke Turns To 'Ratboy' To Escape Clint's Maze". In our own way we got to live out a little bit of our dreams by making the movie and meeting her. [182], The breakup affected Locke's social life. This translated into a period of great productivity while they were together. [20], Locke died at age 74 on November 3, 2018, at her Los Angeles home from cardiac arrest related to breast and bone cancer. Sandra Louise Anderson (ne Smith; May 28, 1944 November 3, 2018), professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director. He just wills people to do things, he would say that all the time. [247], In 1971, fifth-graders at Eastside Elementary in Locke's hometown of Shelbyville, Tennessee, were left star-struck when Locke made a visit and held pretend "auditions" in the class to show them what it was like in Hollywood. Sondra Locke (1944 - 2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood. She made a late return to the screen last year, in a title role in Alan Rudolphs Ray Meets Helen. Verify and try again. She received a Academy Award Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in the film. Sign up for our daily Hollywood newsletter and never miss a story. Locke got her big break in 1967 when she starred in The. That role was a curious fit for a woman whose appeal lay in her mix of the feisty and the delicate. [148][149][150][151] Locke, testifying under oath to a jury, characterized her husband as being "more like a sister to me" and explained, "it's funny the sort of cultural changes, but in those days males and females never lived together unless they were married. Add to your scrapbook. Eight years before they met, she had already received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for her accomplished debut as Mick, a southern teenager who befriends a deaf-mute man (Alan Arkin) in the 1968 adaptation of Carson McCullers novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. [93] In the 1972 Night Gallery episode "A Feast of Blood",[94] she played the victim of a curse planted by Norman Lloyd; the recipient of a brooch that devoured her. [84], In 1971, Locke co-starred with Bruce Davison and Ernest Borgnine in the psychological thriller Willard, which became a surprise box office smash. [100][127][168], On the morning of April 3[182] or 4,[100] Eastwood complained in the kitchen that Locke was "sitting on [his] only real estate in Los Angeles" and bolted. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. Actress. She also appeared in such television series as "Night Gallery," "Kung Fu," "Barnaby Jones," and "Cannon." Cat, during which he "flirted outrageously" with Locke. I was very young,[p] but I had come to feel that, for me, sex was the least important element in a relationship and the one thing that time had proven to me was that my love for Gordon came from such a deeply connected place that it transcended everything else. Ad Choices. For years, Sondra worked in lock-step with Clint and, to hear her tell it, she helped him with his projects. She also acted in a handful of projects, making her final turn in the 2017 romantic comedy Ray Meets Helen. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. [191] Forced abortions and compulsory sterilization were also cited, though Locke would later recategorize those operations as a "mutual decision". Actress Sondra Locke, who was best known for making six movies with Clint Eastwood, has died at the age of 74. Which is your favorite movie produced or executive produced by Albert S. Ruddy? One April day while she was filming Impulse, she returned to their shared home to find that Eastwood had changed the locks and boxed up her clothes, the Post notes.