"Sondra Locke, 74, Is Dead; Oscar-Nominated Actress". [115] Locke recorded several songs for the soundtracks of these films and was whispered to be shopping for a record deal at the time. [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. LOS ANGELES Actress and director Sondra Locke, a Tennessee native nominated for an Academy Award for her first film role in 1968's "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" and who went on to co . [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. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. [20], Locke died at age 74 on November 3, 2018, at her Los Angeles home from cardiac arrest related to breast and bone cancer. [132] She came out of retirement once more in 2016, shooting Alan Rudolph's indie Ray Meets Helen with Keith Carradine. Locke directed two more films after Impulse: *Death in Small Doses (1995) and Trading Favors (1997), both of which were little-seen. Sources are divided as to whether she was born in Alabama or Tennessee. [148] Locke's subsequent relationship with a doctor young enough to be her son added to her notoriety. "Locke cries foul at producing deal". "Locke Feels Vindicated After Lawsuit". [100] The film was one of the top 15 grossing films of 1976 and revived Locke's career. [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. 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]. Even though she was the second child of four children, she considered herself the middle child. [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. By 1989, it was clear the relationship was falling apart, she said. Clint Eastwood Appears in Public With His Secret Daughter for the First Time, "The wild story of Clint Eastwood's eight children", "Sondra Locke & Clint Eastwood: Inside Their Rocky Hollywood Romance", "Hollywood love affair with abortions topic of 'The Choices We Made', "Sondra Locke, Oscar-Nominated Actress and Longtime Clint Eastwood Partner, Dies at 74", "Is photo of Clint Eastwood's 8 children 'blended family harmony' or cruel abandonment? 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. [128] She reflected in 2012: "Clint has said so many bad things about me to the media since we split up, and he has so much more access and power to do that. [33], Locke was a cheerleader and class valedictorian in junior high. Margaret Keanes big-eyed child paintings. Canopee global > Blogs > Uncategorized > sondra locke funeral pictures. 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. She won the part after a nationwide search to find a suitable newcomer. [156] According to co-worker Alan Nelson, who died eight months after Locke, he and other staff members believed her promotion resulted from nepotism. 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. She is survived by Gordon, to whom she remained married. [158][159] He later got into local politics and was elected mayor of Belle Meade in 2000. Failed to remove flower. [43] One student, Cameron Watson, was inspired by Locke and is now an actor/director. She was nominated for a best-supporting-actress Oscar for her performance, an auspicious welcome for the Hollywood newcomer. Sandra Louise Anderson (ne Smith; May 28, 1944 November 3, 2018), professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director. While Locke was on the set of Impulse in 1989, Eastwood changed the locks on their home and dumped her belongings on the lawn. Stanley Eichelbaum. [208] As had happened with the previous lawsuit, this ended in an out-of-court settlement, in May 1999. [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. [111] The home invasion film Death Game (1977), though released after they became an item, was actually shot in 1974. Well, it isn't. [w], In 2015, after a 25-year period of apparent remission,[228] Locke's cancer returned and metastasized to her bones. 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. [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. [100] Locke contended that the money WB pretended they were paying her came from Eastwood's pocket and was laundered through the operating budget of Unforgiven (1992). [122] Eastwood then directed Locke in a 1985 Amazing Stories episode entitled "Vanessa in the Garden". [239] She is admired by such actresses as Frances Fisher and Rosanna Arquette, who applauded the strength of her directorial accomplishments, however short-lived. "By the end of the reading, she was doubled over. [59][71], The film came out in the summer of 1968 to critical acclaim. "[206] He accused Locke of using her cancer to gain the jury's sympathy: "She plays the victim very well. [229] The Associated Press said "it is not clear why it took nearly six weeks to come to light. 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. Try again later. [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. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Sondra Locke died at her home in Los Angeles on November 3. [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. "Sondra Locke: A match for the macho Clint Eastwood". "The Actress Couldn't Resist". Clint Eastwood: The Director-King of Hollywood. 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. . Actress. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Locke was an accomplished actress, making her debut in the 1968 drama The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter alongside Alan Arkin. [133] The film was screened at Laemmle Music Hall on May 6, 2018, less than six months before Locke died. "[33], Locke and actor/director Clint Eastwood entered a domestic partnership in October 1975. All rights reserved. She also directed four films, notably Impulse (1990), and published an autobiography, The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey (1997). Eastwood later testified that he felt victimized by Locke. [114] She portrayed country singer Lynn Halsey-Taylor in the adventure-comedy. [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. As sorry as people are going to be, it was far more devastating to me to find out who he really was.. [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. They ultimately settled the suit, with Locke securing a three-year, $1.5 million deal with Warner Bros. to develop directing projects. [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. Sondra Elaine Locke, of Edmond, Oklahoma, passed away December 4, 2019. "[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. 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. [59] Dr. Walter Rowe Courtenay presided over the ceremony. "Sondra Locke continues to battle ex-beau Clint Eastwood". So she filed another suit, alleging that Eastwood defrauded her, and that the Warner Bros. deal she had been given was not real. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Sondra Locke I found on Findagrave.com. Locke is remembered as an early pioneer for women in Hollywood. [100] They eventually settled at 846 Stradella Road in Bel-Air,[41] which Eastwood still owned at the time of Locke's death. [180] The avowal made Locke "a talking-point in America's sexual politics debate," according to The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw. Try again later. 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. "[131], According to court testimony, Locke confronted Eastwood over his passive-aggressive behavior on December 29, 1988,[u] eliciting estrangement between the couple. She also acted in a handful of projects, making her final turn in the 2017 romantic comedy Ray Meets Helen. [199] She began to seek corroboration and came across incriminating printouts from WB's bookkeeping records. 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. Sondra Locke died on Nov. 3, 2018, of cardiac arrest as a result of both breast and bone cancer. Sandra went to the local high school, where she met Gordon. Watson said. 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.