[59] Dr. Walter Rowe Courtenay presided over the ceremony. [181] In 1979, at the age of 35, Locke underwent a tubal ligation at UCLA Medical Center, citing Eastwood's adamancy that parenthood would not fit into their lifestyle. She made a late return to the screen last year, in a title role in Alan Rudolphs Ray Meets Helen. [t] Despite her affirmed ignorance, Locke sensed growing tension in the relationship around 1985, recollecting that "although I definitely still loved Clint, I didn't very much like him." Roderick Mann. Sondra Locke, the Oscar-nominated actress who made six movies with live-in lover Clint Eastwood before . Unfortunately she had cancer and so she plays that card. Radar Online first reported the news, saying she died of complications from breast and bone cancer. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. She was born Sandra Louise Smith in 1944 in Tennessee and took her stepfather's last name to come up with her stage name Sondra Locke. Earl Wilson. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. Failed to delete memorial. Elkins. February 17, 2023 . Actress. The Reeves children are not included in the count, for instance, at. "Sondra Locke, 74, Is Dead; Oscar-Nominated Actress". "[41], For his part, Eastwood waved the lawsuit off as a "dime-novel plot,"[204] continuing, "it's all about money about getting something for nothing. [75] Although her salary for the film was reported in newspapers as $15,000, Locke later claimed it was less than one-third that amount. In the meantime, she accepted some television offers, co-starring with an all-female ensemble cast in Friendships, Secrets and Lies (1979) and portraying big band era vocalist Rosemary Clooney in Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story (1982). [137][138] Locke also dated a sculptor (she did not name him) prior to marrying Anderson. for 10 years, per the Post. He was willing me to go away. She was 74. As sorry as people are going to be, it was far more devastating to me to find out who he really was.. Sondra Locke (1944-2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood. [20] Locke bequeathed Anderson an estimated fortune of $20 million, and seemed to have always supported him financially. "Sandra Locke bitter, shocked about split with Eastwood". [31] Locke's parents separated before her birth. [225] Built in 1925, the home's interior was redesigned to look like Locke's old house on Stradella Road. Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. Born Sandra Louise Smith, she spent a year at Middle Tennessee State University before a friend helped her prepare for a role in the 1968 film "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" after she was discovered in a talent search. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. [160] Another early boyfriend, personal injury attorney Gary Gober,[161] starred with Locke in Circle Players' productions while attending Vanderbilt University Law School. [180] The avowal made Locke "a talking-point in America's sexual politics debate," according to The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw. Sondra Locke, an actress who received an Oscar nomination for her first film and starred in a series of movies with Clint Eastwood, with whom she had a turbulent relationship, died on Nov. 3 2018 at her home in Los Angeles. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Several major publications prefaced news of her death by tagging Eastwood's name atop the article,[238] which received criticism by some who deemed it a sexist epitaph,[235][243][244] with fans online pointing out that Locke was an Oscar nominee prior to meeting Eastwood. [189] At any rate, she called divorce lawyer Norman Oberstein to explore her options should the separation be permanent. Actress. People stopped calling. AGE 74 Obituary Sondra Locke (1944 - 2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood. Notwithstanding their ongoing estrangement, Bayne vocally supported her daughter during the litigious war between Locke and Clint Eastwood. [213] The case is used in some modern law-school contract textbooks to illustrate the legal concept of good faith. Sondra Locke, the Oscar-nominated actress who made six movies with live-in lover Clint Eastwood before . Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? "[195], Locke battled Eastwood in court for 19 months; she developed breast cancer during proceedings and said the treatments sapped her will to fight. [192][193] Locke sought half of Eastwood's earnings and an equal division of property,[194] requesting title to the house in Bel-Air and to the Gothic-style West Hollywood place Eastwood had leased to Gordon Anderson since 1982. "Locke Turns To 'Ratboy' To Escape Clint's Maze". You have chosen this person to be their own family member. [79][80] It was announced that she would play the lead in Lovemakers a film adaptation of Robert Nathan's novel The Color of Evening but no movie resulted. Try again later. [133] The film was screened at Laemmle Music Hall on May 6, 2018, less than six months before Locke died. "By the end of the reading, she was doubled over. Even though Locke played the leading female role, Locke's autobiography provides a convoluted recollection of the casting process for, Gordon Anderson went by the stage names 'C.B. "Locke cries foul at producing deal". Her 1997 memoir was titled The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly, riffing on one of Eastwood's most popular film roles. [208] As had happened with the previous lawsuit, this ended in an out-of-court settlement, in May 1999. [46], In or around 1963,[47] Locke essentially broke off contact with her family, concluding: "It made no sense for any of us to spend our lives pretending to have relationships that did not really exist. He's said things that were hurtful to my character and hurtful to me professionally. "[190] On April 10, 1989, Malpaso employees changed the locks on the family residence, moved Locke's possessions into storage, and posted security guards at the front gate per Eastwood's order. During this period, Eastwood did a few movies that had no prominent female character for Locke to play. [218] She added that Eastwood never communicated with her after her diagnosis: "He doesn't care if I live or die. It was only when she tried to step away from Clint's s Continue Reading 22 2 Savannah Thompson Margaret Keanes big-eyed child paintings. Theyre one of Hollywoods brightest starsand most troubled actors. [131] She had simultaneously been wooed by screenwriter Philip Kaufman but chose Eastwood over him. "Locke Feels Vindicated After Lawsuit". I have to admit I read that and I was like, Go mom, laughs Clea Newman Soderlund, speaking about her fathers posthumous memoir, Ezra Millers Messiah Delusions: Inside. Sondra Locke (1944 - 2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood. When the former husband and wife square off in a Virginia courtroom this week, it will mark the culmination of a divorce that has been without comparison in the annals of modern American celebrity. [100] Locke thought Eastwood was acting out "because he wasn't number one at the box office anymore, or because he was facing his mortality"[100] (Eastwood was 58 at the time). [73][74][j] Being the oldest nominee in the latter category, she concealed that distinction through retconning with aid from studio publicists. Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? [19] They remained married for 51 years until her death in 2018. [121] The film premiered five months before her 40th birthday. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. According to the Associated Press, Locke died on November 3 at her Los Angeles home of cardiac arrest stemming from bone and breast cancer. She told journalist Leon Wagener: "One of those children Clint made her abort could have been the grandson I've always wanted.". [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. In 1945, Locke briefly took the surname of her then-stepfather, Elkins, before her mother changed it again in 1948. As far as she was concerned their relationship was still salvageable. "[96], In 1975, Locke was cast in the western film The Outlaw Josey Wales as the love interest of Clint Eastwood's eponymous character. Brad Schmitt. The two women got into a row just before New Year's Eve, Locke recalling, "I wanted to hit her, to pull every hair out of her head. Albert S. Ruddy (born 1930) is a Canadian-American film and television producer. [84], In 1971, Locke co-starred with Bruce Davison and Ernest Borgnine in the psychological thriller Willard, which became a surprise box office smash. [126] In a subsequent interview with Siskel, Locke said she wasn't eager to act again. 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 was the daughter of Raymond Smith, a military man stationed in the area, and Pauline Bayne. [250] The movie was a "special gift" to Locke, according to Deborah Obenchain, another Eastside student who said she did not think Locke really understood her impact on the small town she once called home. In 1989, Claudia Puig of the Los Angeles Times described her lawsuit against Clint Eastwood as a "precedent-setting legal case, as it raises the question of whether a woman, who is legally married to one man, can claim palimony rights from another. and co-chairman of Warner Bros., said when questioned that the deal did not guarantee any films would be produced and, because the deal was not exclusive, she was free to take projects to other studios. She won the part after a nationwide search to find a suitable newcomer. They ultimately settled the suit, with Locke securing a three-year, $1.5 million deal with Warner Bros. to develop directing projects. Sondra Locke died at her home in Los Angeles on November 3. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. I understood it would be at the risk of our relationship, Locke said to the Post, referring to her desire to move away from Eastwood films. The suit was eventually settled in 1996 for an undisclosed sum. It was much preferable to the sadistic thriller Sudden Impact (1983), the fourth in the Dirty Harry series of films about a renegade cop, in which Locke played a victim of rape turned violent avenger. In it she called Eastwood "a completely evil, manipulating, lying excuse for a man. [29] During treatment, she began dating Scott Cunneen (born September 10, 1961, Long Beach, California), an intern assigned to perform the post-surgical checkup. After a long interruption in her career due to legal difficulties and health issues, Locke directed the made-for-television film Death in Small Doses (1995), based on a true story, and the independent feature Trading Favors (1997), starring Rosanna Arquette. I wasnt prepared for the way our eyes seemed to instantly fuse. For the next seven years, she was effectively under contract to Eastwood, who was believed to have left his wife for her. Try again later. 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 Im sorry he is who he is, she said just before her book came out. 2:09. Unbeknownst to Locke, Eastwood eavesdropped on those consultations by means of a wiretap that he placed on their home phone in early March. SONDRA LOCKE OBITUARY. [111] The home invasion film Death Game (1977), though released after they became an item, was actually shot in 1974. The Oscar-nominated actress had a long Hollywood careerand a turbulent relationship with Clint Eastwood, resulting in two acrimonious lawsuits. She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. For a long time it was falsely presumed that Locke and Anderson had divorced. This translated into a period of great productivity while they were together. [68][168][127][220][221] Unfazed by their 17-year age difference and that Locke was only three years younger than his mother[222][223] they soon went public with the romance, dining at paparazzi hotspot Spago on one of their early dates in November 1990. She claimed to have been born several years later than 1944, and her true age remained a secret throughout her career. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodwards Daughters Appreciated the Fuck Hut Detail Too. "[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. Locke and Hopkins appeared as a couple on the game show, Locke explained in her autobiography: "Before I had met Clint my gynecologist had suggested and fitted for me an, Although the existence of Eastwood's offspring by Jacelyn Reeves was reported in tabloids such as, Eastwood's passive-aggressive gestures toward Locke included inviting Jane Brolina woman he was having an affair withto join Locke and himself on their annual ski trip to Sun Valley. She was best known to film viewers as the co-star in such Clint Eastwood films as The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), The Gauntlet (1977), and Every Which Way But Loose (1980). "[131], According to court testimony, Locke confronted Eastwood over his passive-aggressive behavior on December 29, 1988,[u] eliciting estrangement between the couple. I felt it was like social extortion of a kindblackmail or whatever you want to call it, he said. GREAT NEWS! Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), based. Women's blog Jezebel criticized The Hollywood Reporter for ostensibly regarding Locke as a nonentity;[245] THR subsequently changed its headline. In her 1997 book The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly, Locke wrote about their relationship, detailing how it deteriorated as the years went on, according to a write-up in The Washington Post. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. An alumna of Middle Tennessee State University, Locke broke into regional show business with assorted posts at the Nashville-based radio station WSM-AM, then segued into television as a promotions assistant for WSM-TV. 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Contradictory sources have either directly cited, or implied, every year from 1943 to 1950. [127] The female comrades Locke credited with loyalty and support were those she had known pre-Eastwood: art director Elayne Barbara Ceder, whom she met on The Second Coming of Suzanne, and realtor Denise Fraker, wife of A Reflection of Fear director William A. Vernon Scott. [w], In 2015, after a 25-year period of apparent remission,[228] Locke's cancer returned and metastasized to her bones. Sandra Louise Anderson (ne Smith; May 28, 1944 November 3, 2018), professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director. She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), based on. . [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. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. [114] She portrayed country singer Lynn Halsey-Taylor in the adventure-comedy. Eastwood did not comment on the death, nor did any of Locke's other living exes, nor any of her friends or relatives. Locke's death received no television coverage except for a 15-second spot on ABC World News Tonight. "[128] The book received a supportive rave review from New York Daily News writer Liz Smith,[129] while Entertainment Weekly's Dana Kennedy dismissed the book as a "peculiar, not terribly consequential, life story. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. As to the abortions, I told Locke that whether to have children or terminate her pregnancies was a decision entirely hers. [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. So she filed another suit, alleging that Eastwood defrauded her, and that the Warner Bros. deal she had been given was not real. In 2014, it was announced that Locke would serve as an executive producer on the Eli Roth film Knock Knock, starring Keanu Reeves. [34][d] When Bayne married Alfred Locke in 1948, Sandra and Donald assumed his surname. Play. "[33] Eastwood's lawyers sent a warning letter to the publisher, and although no slander charges arose, Entertainment Tonight canceled a scheduled interview with Locke. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Sondra Locke I found on Findagrave.com. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Sondra Locke (1944 - 2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. [183], Eastwood and Locke were still cohabiting when, in the latter half of the 1980s, he secretly fathered another woman's two children[184][185] a fact that did not come to light for almost 20 years. Co-stars such as Cicely Tyson, Louie Anderson, Sally Kellerman, Stacy Keach and Ted Neeley all active on social media were equally silent. [122] Eastwood then directed Locke in a 1985 Amazing Stories episode entitled "Vanessa in the Garden". There is a problem with your email/password. Its 1980 sequel Any Which Way You Can for which Locke earned a six-figure salary plus a share of the profits[100] was nearly as successful. Eastwood was secretly involved with another woman and had two children with her. In Eastwoods more rough-and-tumble outings she could only appear incongruous. Actually, Locke was three years past the median age of first marriages for women in that era. [191] Forced abortions and compulsory sterilization were also cited, though Locke would later recategorize those operations as a "mutual decision". [21][22][23][24] Despite this, she wasn't considered "date material" by the more socially prominent boys in her class. Ann W. O'Neill. Ultimately, Locke made two films during that period: Ratboy (1986) and Impulse (1990). This is a carousel with slides. [125], Locke's second foray behind the camera was Impulse (1990), starring Theresa Russell as a police officer on the vice squad who goes undercover as a prostitute. The enormous eyes set in a petite face gave her the perpetually childlike look of one of Margaret Keanes big-eyed child paintings. She made it as part of a $150,000 three-picture deal with 20th Century Fox, and was compensated for the other two which never came to fruition. She earned an Oscar nomination for her first film, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter . [41] She first met Eastwood in 1972 when she unsuccessfully lobbied for the title role in his film Breezy (1973);[167] they became involved upon arrival at the shooting location of The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) in Page, Arizona. "Struggling Locke strikes back at Eastwood". To add a flower, click the Leave a Flower button. [239] She is admired by such actresses as Frances Fisher and Rosanna Arquette, who applauded the strength of her directorial accomplishments, however short-lived. "Eastwood getting a lock on Locke". Try again later. [33] "He didn't like the idea of me being away from him. [41] Peggy Garrity, Locke's former counsel, recalled the courtroom drama in her book In the Game: The Highs and Lows of a Trailblazing Trial Lawyer (2016). 2023 Cond Nast. However, as the years went on, Lockes deal went nowhere. In our own way we got to live out a little bit of our dreams by making the movie and meeting her. She was 74. [166], Locke referred to these intervals as "casually exploring for a romantic relationship," noting that she had not fallen in love with any of the men. People can say, He made her famous; he gave her movies. He didnt give me moviesI did a job, she said. "[33], In February 2001, Locke purchased a six-bedroom gated mansion in the Hollywood Hills, where she resided for the remainder of her life. in depositions, Eastwood characterized her as his occasional roommate . Sandra went to the local high school, where she met Gordon. [27][42][51][f] Donald blamed Gordon Anderson Locke's best friend since adolescence and future husband for the rift, claiming Anderson had "an almost hypnotic spell on her. "[42], Locke held a variety of jobs, including as a bookkeeper for Tyson Foods and secretary in a real-estate office. [100] Locke was shooting Impulse (1990) at the time of the lockout. "[212] "I feel elated. [136], On September 25, 1967,[61] Locke married sculptor Gordon Leigh Anderson[m] (born August 2, 1944, Batesville, Arkansas) at the First Presbyterian Church in Nashville,[143] one week after The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter commenced principal photography. Liz Smith. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. [131] She and Cunneen eventually broke up,[226] albeit without publicity, since she had faded from public view. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. Sondra Locke, an Academy Award nominated actress, and a long-time lover of Clint Eastwood, has died at the age of 74 following a battle with breast and bone cancer, this after having undergone. She was born Sandra in Shelbyville, Tennessee, to Pauline Bayne, a factory worker, and Raymond Smith, a soldier. "[33], Locke and actor/director Clint Eastwood entered a domestic partnership in October 1975. [100] Eastwood then effectively vacated their Bel-Air mansion, sleeping in the adjacent caretakers' quarters or at his apartment in Burbank. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. I think he thought Id go away, because he always gets his way, Locke said. [32][41] Locke testified that after she and Eastwood made their final joint appearance on January 6 at the American Cinema Awards, they spent exactly two nights together,[163] without intimate contact. [128] The Advocate, a monthly LGBT-interest magazine, was set to do a big article on Locke's book; suddenly and uncharacteristically, Eastwood gave The Advocate an interview, and they decided not to run the piece. 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. Try again.
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