"[130], Locke told a Spanish website that she'd been informed Entertainment Weekly originally planned to publish a positive review, but for reasons unclear, it was pulled and a negative review appeared instead. 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. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. Locke's persona belied her age, and she habitually played roles written for women much younger than herself. She claimed to have been born several years later than 1944, and her true age remained a secret throughout her career. She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), based. Actress. 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. [33], Given that Locke waited decades to confirm that her marriage was platonic, most of her actual romantic attachments went unpublicized. [217] In September 1990, she confirmed reports that she had breast cancer. She achieved recognition for her relationship with Clint Eastwood and the six hit films they made together. [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 stars tell all about their relationship off-camera and on in an excerpt from the rich new oral history. As sorry as people are going to be, it was far more devastating to me to find out who he really was.. As far as she was concerned their relationship was still salvageable. in depositions, Eastwood characterized her as his occasional roommate . You can always change this later in your Account settings. [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. [86][162][163][164][q] For a while in the early 1970s, she shared a liaison with married actor David Soul after they played siblings in an episode of Cannon. [202] Locke said that she "was stunned and outraged at the way I had been tricked and cheated a second time. People stopped calling. Various dates were given by the press for Locke's birth. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? Sondra Locke was born May 28, 1944 as Sandra Louise Smith, in Shelbyville, Tennessee, a quiet little town about 60 miles southeast of Nashville. She is survived by Gordon, to whom she remained married. There was a problem getting your location. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. [246] "[She] lied so much during her brief but colorful career that when she lost her battle with cancer at age 74, I wondered if it was a publicity stunt," Reed wrote in an essay for Observer. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. [31] Locke's parents separated before her birth. "[177] Locke claimed Eastwood even sang "She Made Me Monogamous" to her. [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. 0 cemeteries found in Westwood, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Clint Eastwood: The Director-King of Hollywood. He didnt make me famous. [20] Locke bequeathed Anderson an estimated fortune of $20 million, and seemed to have always supported him financially. She starred with him in The Gauntlet (1977), as a prostitute escorted by a cop to testify in a mafia trial, and in the redneck comedies Every Which Way But Loose (1978) and its sequel Any Which Way You Can (1980) though they were both upstaged in those movies by their co-star, Clyde the orangutan. I only stood to lose professionally.. Vernon Scott. [200][201] According to Locke's attorney Peggy Garrity, Eastwood committed "the ultimate betrayal" by arranging the "bogus" deal as a way to keep her out of work. Alan Rudolph, Keith Carradine, Sondra Locke and Jennifer Tilly in Person at the Music Hall for RAY MEETS HELEN. [225] Built in 1925, the home's interior was redesigned to look like Locke's old house on Stradella Road. [202] Garrity added that Eastwood had held out the allegedly counterfeit deal "like a dangled carrot" to persuade Locke to drop the earlier palimony suit. She was 74. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. Terry Semel, then the C.E.O. Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA. She was 74. [133] The film was screened at Laemmle Music Hall on May 6, 2018, less than six months before Locke died. They automatically assumed I was working exclusively with Clint.. People can say, He made her famous; he gave her movies. He didnt give me moviesI did a job, she said. [248] Locke attended one of those performances in 2004 at the Tiffany Theater in West Hollywood. [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. "Locke Is Big With Eastwood". Liz Smith. [84], In 1971, Locke co-starred with Bruce Davison and Ernest Borgnine in the psychological thriller Willard, which became a surprise box office smash. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. The pair began dating on the set, sparking a relationship that would last for 13 years and spawn five more movies, the last being Sudden Impact in 1983. Elkins. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. "[96], In 1975, Locke was cast in the western film The Outlaw Josey Wales as the love interest of Clint Eastwood's eponymous character. National Center for Family & Marriage Research. [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. Her mother married Alfred Locke, a carpenter, when she was four. However, as the years went on, Lockes deal went nowhere. Cregg in Shelbyville?". [101][102][103] She followed it up with a lead role alongside Eastwood in the popular action film The Gauntlet (1977), the duo replacing Steve McQueen and Barbra Streisand, who bowed out from the production owing to a reported clash of egos. But it was not Eastwood who made her a star. "Sondra Locke: A match for the macho Clint Eastwood". Earl Wilson. "Eastwood's Ex Hit Hard by Sudden Impact of Breakup". SONDRA LOCKE OBITUARY. Sondra Elaine Locke, of Edmond, Oklahoma, passed away December 4, 2019. Newer Post Home CONTACT US At the time, Locke said it sent a loud and clear message to Hollywood that people cannot get away with whatever they want to, just because theyre powerful., In the 1997 interview with the Post, Locke spoke openly about the ordeal and writing her subsequent book. In retrospect, she gathered "either he changed from white to black, or I had been living with somebody I didn't even know. [33], Her next role was as Melisse in Cover Me Babe (1970), originally titled Run Shadow Run,[78] opposite Robert Forster. [156] According to co-worker Alan Nelson, who died eight months after Locke, he and other staff members believed her promotion resulted from nepotism. Jeanne Miller. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. "[235], Among those voicing an unfavorable opinion of Locke was film critic Rex Reed, who had interviewed her for a 1967 profile in The New York Times. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. I was Clints girl. So she filed another suit, alleging that Eastwood defrauded her, and that the Warner Bros. deal she had been given was not real. [137][138] Locke also dated a sculptor (she did not name him) prior to marrying Anderson. [236], Locke's influence as a feminist icon was duly acknowledged by the mainstream press. 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. "[32] She never knew her biological father,[48] and did not attend the funerals of her mother (deceased 1997)[49] or stepfather (deceased 2007),[50] nor did she have anything to do with her brother, sister-in-law and three nieces. Fraker. She did have a background working her way up learning her craft, and she showed promise as a director later on in her career. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. [131] She had simultaneously been wooed by screenwriter Philip Kaufman but chose Eastwood over him. [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. [42] She also played on the girls' basketball team, served as PTSA representative and was president of the French club. Looking for more? Brad Schmitt. [235] She was one of 11 female filmmakers in 1990, the year WB released her sophomore feature, Impulse. Sondra Locke later proved herself as a film director. "Eastwood getting a lock on Locke". [86][87] She was then featured in William A. Fraker's underseen mystery A Reflection of Fear (1972), which required her to project the image of a character nearly half her age, and held the title role in The Second Coming of Suzanne (1974), winner of three gold medals at the Atlanta Film Festival. [36][e] She grew up in Shelbyville, Tennessee, where her stepfather owned a construction company;[37] the family later moved to nearby Wartrace. "Sondra Locke continues to battle ex-beau Clint Eastwood". Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. [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. [1] For reasons never made clear, her death was not publicly announced, and was only confirmed by vital statistics six weeks after she died of cardiac arrest at the age of 74. [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. As to the abortions, I told Locke that whether to have children or terminate her pregnancies was a decision entirely hers. [100] Locke's friendships with those women gradually faded as their husbands ghosted her. That role was a curious fit for a woman whose appeal lay in her mix of the feisty and the delicate. Joyce Haber (1972-11-08). [147] Anderson was gay. (December 14, 2018). Try again later. Cast Album of PAINT YOUR WAGON". [33] For a time she lived in the commuter town of Gallatin. 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. "Clint Eastwood - Interview - Western Movie Star". [218] "Due to factors in my personal life, I have sustained two years of extreme and unnecessary stress, which my doctors tell me has been my enemy," Locke said at the time. "Eastwood is target of another Locke Lawsuit". [83] Shortly afterwards she passed on the lead in My Sweet Charlie (1970), which won an Emmy for its eventual star Patty Duke. A general view of atmosphere of actor/director Clint Eastwood's home/house on February 14, 2021 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA. SONDRA Locke, who has died of cancer aged 74, was the long-time partner and regular co-star of Clint Eastwood in such movies as the classic 1976 western The Outlaw Josey Wales and the 1978. [33] "He didn't like the idea of me being away from him. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. Which is your favorite movie produced or executive produced by Albert S. Ruddy? Locke directed two more films after Impulse: *Death in Small Doses (1995) and Trading Favors (1997), both of which were little-seen. English This browser does not support getting your location. She was 74. To use this feature, use a newer browser. [81][82] Locke was offered Barbara Hershey's role in Last Summer (1969), but her management turned it down without telling her. [119] The couple's final collaboration as performers was Sudden Impact (1983), the highest-grossing film in the Dirty Harry franchise,[120] in which Locke played an artist with her own code of vigilante justice. She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". "[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. 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. The exact year of this breakup is not known with certainty. He really is a man of few words. Ann W. O'Neill. 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]. [20], Locke died at age 74 on November 3, 2018, at her Los Angeles home from cardiac arrest related to breast and bone cancer. [160] Another early boyfriend, personal injury attorney Gary Gober,[161] starred with Locke in Circle Players' productions while attending Vanderbilt University Law School. 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. "[33], Locke and actor/director Clint Eastwood entered a domestic partnership in October 1975. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. [235] News organization TheWrap whose editor, Sharon Waxman, reviewed Locke's memoir for The Washington Post in 1997 opined that her story "should stir resonance in this age of the #MeToo movement. Chapel Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens. [19] They remained married for 51 years until her death in 2018. [33] She called it a "real, supportive, and equal relationship. 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[7] Following graduation in 1962, Locke enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University (then Middle Tennessee State College) in Murfreesboro on a full scholarship. [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. Verify and try again. Ad Choices. Sondra Locke, the Oscar-nominated actress who starred in several movies with Clint Eastwood a romantic partner-turned-litigious opponenthas died. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? Culture Actress Sondra Locke died on Nov. 3, but news of her death surfaced Thursday evening. Resend Activation Email. Please try again later. Try again later. He's said things that were hurtful to my character and hurtful to me professionally. "[124][l] Ratboy had limited distribution in the United States, where it was a critical and financial flop, but was well received in Europe, with French newspaper Le Parisien calling it the highlight of the Deauville Film Festival. "[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. Watson decided to do the movie after performing a standup routine about Locke and about how people in Shelbyville were obsessed with her. Well, it isn't. [218] She added that Eastwood never communicated with her after her diagnosis: "He doesn't care if I live or die. Locke got her big break in 1967 when she starred in The. She received a Academy Award Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in the film. Locke is remembered as an early pioneer for women in Hollywood. [229] The Associated Press said "it is not clear why it took nearly six weeks to come to light. 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. sondra locke funeral pictures. Year should not be greater than current year. 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.
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