[92], Locke guested on top-rated television drama series throughout the first half of the 1970s, including The F.B.I., Cannon (as two different characters), Barnaby Jones and Kung Fu. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. for 10 years, per the Post. In Eastwoods more rough-and-tumble outings she could only appear incongruous. She continued steadily working from that point, but her careerand lifechanged forever when she was cast alongside Eastwood in the 1976 Western The Outlaw Josey Wales. [132] She came out of retirement once more in 2016, shooting Alan Rudolph's indie Ray Meets Helen with Keith Carradine. Ann W. O'Neill. 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. Which is your favorite movie produced or executive produced by Albert S. Ruddy? She worked regularly with Eastwood, who was her companion for 14 years despite their marriages to other people. Locke claimed the reason that she and Eastwood were at odds was because she wanted to branch out into the industry and build a career beyond his filmsincluding by directing her own movies. [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. They automatically assumed I was working exclusively with Clint.. Play. She achieved recognition for her relationship with Clint Eastwood and the six hit films they made together. The Oscar-nominated actress had a long Hollywood careerand a turbulent relationship with Clint Eastwood, resulting in two acrimonious lawsuits. "[131] Locke was nonetheless grateful to have a platform at all, stating: "It was a miracle that a major publisher took it. [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. Are you sure that you want to report this flower to administrators as offensive or abusive? [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. [134], During her tenure at WSM, Locke participated in the annual United Cerebral Palsy (UCP) telethons. The actor Sondra Locke, who has died aged 74 after suffering from cancer, was closely associated with the film star and director Clint Eastwood: they made six films together and had a 13-year. They ultimately settled the suit, with Locke securing a three-year, $1.5 million deal with Warner Bros. to develop directing projects. [238], Cinematographer David Worth credits Locke with his big break. Family members linked to this person will appear here. Anderson is a central presence in Locke's autobiography, but she doesn't elaborate on her reasons for marrying him beyond the following passage: However conventional or unconventional our marriage might turn out to be honestly did not concern me that much. "[190][219], Locke underwent a double mastectomy at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, followed by chemotherapy. Sondra Locke (1944 - 2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood. A system error has occurred. [202] Locke said that she "was stunned and outraged at the way I had been tricked and cheated a second time. [104] Its pre-publicity touted Locke as "the first actress ever to be in a Clint Eastwood movie and get equal billing on screen with the macho star. She was 74. [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. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. [59][71], The film came out in the summer of 1968 to critical acclaim. But it was not Eastwood who made her a star. If you were in Clint Eastwood movies, you were in the Clint Eastwood movie business, she explained. "[207], Locke brought a separate action against Warner Bros. for allegedly conspiring with Eastwood to sabotage her directorial career. Sondra Locke, the Oscar-nominated actress who made six movies with live-in lover Clint Eastwood before . "[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. "[113], In 1978, Locke and Eastwood appeared with an orangutan named Clyde in that year's fourth highest-grossing film, Every Which Way but Loose. As to the abortions, I told Locke that whether to have children or terminate her pregnancies was a decision entirely hers. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. 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He's said things that were hurtful to my character and hurtful to me professionally. [59] Dr. Walter Rowe Courtenay presided over the ceremony. Clint Eastwood: The Director-King of Hollywood. Locke's persona belied her age, and she habitually played roles written for women much younger than herself. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Sondra Locke I found on Findagrave.com. [29] During treatment, she began dating Scott Cunneen (born September 10, 1961, Long Beach, California), an intern assigned to perform the post-surgical checkup. In 1997, Locke's autobiography The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey was published by William Morrow and Company. 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. She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a . Stanley Eichelbaum. You have chosen this person to be their own family member. In the seven years after their split, Locke filed two lawsuits against him, first for palimony in 1989, fighting him in court for a year, all while battling breast cancer and undergoing a double mastectomy, settling in 1990; then for fraud in 1996, when a producing and directing deal at Warner Bros, which was part of the settlement in the original suit (and which spawned no movies), turned out to have been underwritten by Eastwood without Lockes knowledge. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. His accent wasnt so theatrical, and he was way funnier than Baz Luhrmann gives him credit for. Sondra's greatest achievements in life were . She was 74 years old. Watson said. How Should a Cinephile Grapple with Bertoluccis Tainted Legacy? [41] From 1958, she attended Shelbyville Central High School, where she was again valedictorian and voted "Duchess of Studiousness" by classmates. [232] So hidden had basic facts been kept, that The New York Times oxymoronically noted 41 days after she died: "A list of survivors was not immediately [sic] available."[233]. Late in the 1970s, Locke became pregnant by Eastwood twice;[100] she terminated both pregnancies. Sondra Locke (1944 - 2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood. [33], According to a 1989 affidavit, the marriage was "tantamount to sister and brother" and they never consummated it. She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), based. [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. Alan Rudolph, Keith Carradine, Sondra Locke and Jennifer Tilly in Person at the Music Hall for RAY MEETS HELEN. [34][d] When Bayne married Alfred Locke in 1948, Sandra and Donald assumed his surname. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. "[195], Locke battled Eastwood in court for 19 months; she developed breast cancer during proceedings and said the treatments sapped her will to fight. [58] Within one year of this exposure, she decided to pursue a career in film and changed the spelling of her first name to avoid being called Sandy. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Well, it isn't. She later sued Clint Eastwood for both palimony and fraud, but settled both cases. Try again later. [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. [168][r] After wrapping the film in December 1975, the couple shuttled between Eastwood's houses in Sherman Oaks and Carmel, as well as rented homes in San Francisco and Tiburon. "[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. "[118] Locke cited Bronco Billy and The Outlaw Josey Wales as her favorites of the movies they made. Watson decided to do the movie after performing a standup routine about Locke and about how people in Shelbyville were obsessed with her. 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. . [33], During her marriage, Locke was rumored to have been linked amorously to co-stars Robert Fields (Cover Me Babe), Bruce Davison (Willard), Paul Sand (The Second Coming of Suzanne) and Bo Hopkins (Gondola), as well as producer Hawk Koch, real estate agent Herb Goldfarb, and John F. Kennedy's nephew Robert Shriver. "[205] According to Locke, "in this business, people get so accustomed to being abused, they just accept the abuse and say, 'Well, that's just the way it is.' Sondra Locke died at her home in Los Angeles on November 3. Jacobs, Julia. [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. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? [99] She took a pay cut just to be in the film; her salary for Josey Wales was $18,000, less than half of what she'd earned for her previous job. Add to your scrapbook. Sign up for our daily Hollywood newsletter and never miss a story. in depositions, Eastwood characterized her as his occasional roommate . [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. She would later direct and produce several films. He didnt make me famous. [33] Majoring in drama,[43] she was a member of the Alpha Psi Omega honor society while at MTSU and appeared on stage in Life with Father and The Crucible. Her mother married Alfred Locke, a carpenter, when she was four. 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. [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. There was an error deleting this problem. Sondra Locke was born May 28, 1944 as Sandra Louise Smith, in Shelbyville, Tennessee, a quiet little town about 60 miles southeast of Nashville. "Struggling Locke strikes back at Eastwood". But according to Alanna Nashwho spent time with the real Colonel in the 90sthere were times when he was just as scary as what you see onscreen. He was willing me to go away. February 17, 2023 . 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. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. National Center for Family & Marriage Research. "Sondra Locke, 74, Is Dead; Oscar-Nominated Actress". [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. Anderson'. [33] She also modeled for The Tennessean fashion page, acted in commercials for Rich-Schwartz ladies apparel and Southerland Gel mattresses, among others, and gained further stage experience in productions for Circle Players Inc.[42][57] In 1966, the 22-year-old appeared in a UPI wire photo that showed her cavorting in new fallen snow. 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. Ultimately, Locke made two films during that period: Ratboy (1986) and Impulse (1990). Debbie Reynolds during her high-school years, in the late 1940s. "[249] Locke gave the script her blessing and accepted an invitation to be special guest at the film's premiere. Joyce Haber (1972-11-08). [112] "Clint wanted me to work only with him," said Locke. She also acted in a handful of projects, making her final turn in the 2017 romantic comedy Ray Meets Helen. [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. "Say, is that C.J. "[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. [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. [236], Locke's influence as a feminist icon was duly acknowledged by the mainstream press. She was nominated for her screen debut in. [97] Locke said she chose the role for its exposure,[98] following a run of unremarkable credits. Year should not be greater than current year. According to the Associated. [208] As had happened with the previous lawsuit, this ended in an out-of-court settlement, in May 1999. Her legal name was changed four times during her first 24 years of life: from Sandra Smith to Sandra Elkins, to Sandra Locke, to Sondra Locke, to Sondra Anderson. As an all-American hero, he was untouchable; his public did not want to hear that he was flawed. I felt it was like social extortion of a kindblackmail or whatever you want to call it, he said. [62] They also lied about her age, shaving off six years to make her seem younger[63][h] a pretense Locke would keep up for the rest of her career. Sorry! Please enter your email and password to sign in. Actress. Please contact Find a Grave at [emailprotected] if you need help resetting your password. "Eastwood's Ex Hit Hard by Sudden Impact of Breakup". "[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. "[111] Childfree by choice unusual for a person of her generation[237] Locke was among the first celebrities to publicly discuss her abortion experiences. [89][k], In 1973, Locke was attached to star in Terminal Circle. [229] The Associated Press said "it is not clear why it took nearly six weeks to come to light. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. [o] In early 1969, as Locke was flooded with script offers after her Oscar nomination, she and Anderson left Tennessee and moved into a condo at The Andalusia in West Hollywood. "Clint Eastwood - Interview - Western Movie Star". As far as she was concerned their relationship was still salvageable. [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." She was nominated for a best-supporting-actress Oscar for her performance, an auspicious welcome for the Hollywood newcomer. The suit was eventually settled in 1996 for an undisclosed sum. As sorry as people are going to be, it was far more devastating to me to find out who he really was.. Failed to delete memorial. 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). The exact year of this breakup is not known with certainty. [180][s] "I'd feel sorry for any child that had me for a mother," she previously told columnist Dick Kleiner in 1969. After news broke that Locke had died of cancer last month, The Hollywood Reporterran an obituary on the actress with the headline Actress Sondra Locke, Embittered Ex of Clint Eastwood, Dies at 74. . Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Sondra Locke (195334615)? This browser does not support getting your location. Amid safety concerns, and anxiety over the fate of a $200 million movie, Paul Newman Says Wife Joanne Woodward Turned Him Into a Sexual Creature in Posthumous Memoir. "[33] She had a maternal half-brother, Donald (born April 26, 1946) from Bayne's subsequent brief marriage to William B. "Being a woman I have great empathy for these women. "[33], In February 2001, Locke purchased a six-bedroom gated mansion in the Hollywood Hills, where she resided for the remainder of her life. Locke went on to appear in such box office successes as Willard (1971), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), The Gauntlet (1977), Every Which Way but Loose (1978), Bronco Billy (1980), Any Which Way You Can (1980) and Sudden Impact (1983). [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. [31] Locke's parents separated before her birth. 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. [131] She and Cunneen eventually broke up,[226] albeit without publicity, since she had faded from public view. Ad Choices. [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. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. "I think it meant just as much to her. "Locke Turns To 'Ratboy' To Escape Clint's Maze". [114] She portrayed country singer Lynn Halsey-Taylor in the adventure-comedy. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. A follow-up, Impulse (1990), a thriller starring Theresa Russell as a police officer working undercover as a prostitute, was a slicker affair. Eastwood later testified that he felt victimized by Locke. She was born in Oklahoma City on April 8, 1940 to Warren and Voicey Marie Matherly. Thanks for your help! "[33], Locke and actor/director Clint Eastwood entered a domestic partnership in October 1975. That role was a curious fit for a woman whose appeal lay in her mix of the feisty and the delicate.