[29] During treatment, she began dating Scott Cunneen (born September 10, 1961, Long Beach, California), an intern assigned to perform the post-surgical checkup. [19] They remained married for 51 years until her death in 2018. She first starred with Eastwood in the western The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), which he also directed. [33], According to a 1989 affidavit, the marriage was "tantamount to sister and brother" and they never consummated it. "The minute she heard the first reference to her or to her family, she threw up her arms: 'What the hell is this?'" [100] They eventually settled at 846 Stradella Road in Bel-Air,[41] which Eastwood still owned at the time of Locke's death. Contradictory sources have either directly cited, or implied, every year from 1943 to 1950. Over time Suzanne has developed a cult following,[33][69] while Reflection is cited as an early example of media portrayals of transgender people. Even though she was the second child of four children, she considered herself the middle child. for 10 years, per the Post. She was 74. The couples most delightful collaboration was on Bronco Billy (1980), a comedy starring Locke as a woman who falls in with a travelling circus after being double-crossed by her fiance. SONDRA LOCKE OBITUARY. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. Watson's period drama Our Very Own (2005) takes place in Shelbyville in 1978 and concerns a group of teenagers who want to meet Locke when she returns to town for the local premiere of Every Which Way but Loose. 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In 1997, Locke's autobiography The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey was published by William Morrow and Company. 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. [179] "I never knew I could love somebody so much, and feel so peaceful about it at the same time," Locke said he told her. Theyre one of Hollywoods brightest starsand most troubled actors. [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. Cast Album of PAINT YOUR WAGON". [91] She was up for a big part in Earthquake (1974), but lost out to Genevive Bujold. Eastwood later testified that he felt victimized by Locke. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. [235] She was one of 11 female filmmakers in 1990, the year WB released her sophomore feature, Impulse. [156] According to co-worker Alan Nelson, who died eight months after Locke, he and other staff members believed her promotion resulted from nepotism. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. 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. [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. Sondra Locke, the Oscar-nominated actress who starred in several movies with Clint Eastwood a romantic partner-turned-litigious opponenthas died. This account has been disabled. Oops, we were unable to send the email. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. [199] She began to seek corroboration and came across incriminating printouts from WB's bookkeeping records. Anderson'. 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. He just wills people to do things, he would say that all the time. "The Actress Couldn't Resist". 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. In 1986, Locke made her feature directorial debut with Ratboy, a parable about a youth who is part rat and part human, produced by Eastwood's company Malpaso. [33] Conversely, the media's running narrative was that Eastwood "left"[148] or "walked out on"[163] his wife for Locke as opposed to simply giving up the facade. 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? 2:09. Steve Ryfle. Try again. Thanks for your help! They automatically assumed I was working exclusively with Clint.. [33] Locke later defensively declared: "Clint is not good at direct communication. "[33] She had a maternal half-brother, Donald (born April 26, 1946) from Bayne's subsequent brief marriage to William B. "[211] Locke v. Warner Bros. Inc also catalyzed changes within the legal system. Please try again later. "[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. [100] Eastwood then effectively vacated their Bel-Air mansion, sleeping in the adjacent caretakers' quarters or at his apartment in Burbank. That role was a curious fit for a woman whose appeal lay in her mix of the feisty and the delicate. [59] Dr. Walter Rowe Courtenay presided over the ceremony. She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), based. Josh Young. Play. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. His accent wasnt so theatrical, and he was way funnier than Baz Luhrmann gives him credit for. [238], Cinematographer David Worth credits Locke with his big break. As news of Locke's passing broke, her relationship with Hollywood legend . "Eastwood getting a lock on Locke". [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. 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. 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. She is survived by Gordon, to whom she remained married. 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]. [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. Locke's death received no television coverage except for a 15-second spot on ABC World News Tonight. [123] When asked why she'd been absent from her longtime beau's recent star vehicles, Locke replied simply, "I wasn't right for the roles. To use this feature, use a newer browser. You might just as well have a direct confrontation with a wall. 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 email does not appear to be a valid email address. 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. As far as she was concerned their relationship was still salvageable. "Locke cries foul at producing deal". Siskel & Ebert gave the film "two thumbs up". The suit was eventually settled in 1996 for an undisclosed sum. Her mother married Alfred Locke, a carpenter, when she was four. She later sued Clint Eastwood for both palimony and fraud, but settled both cases. Im sorry he is who he is, she said just before her book came out. [224] Cunneen moved in with her in the spring of 1991. [239] She is admired by such actresses as Frances Fisher and Rosanna Arquette, who applauded the strength of her directorial accomplishments, however short-lived. [208] As had happened with the previous lawsuit, this ended in an out-of-court settlement, in May 1999. Sondra Locke (1944 - 2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood. Locke is remembered as an early pioneer for women in Hollywood. 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. Garrity revealed that Locke's 1999 confidential settlement from WB "was for many millions more than the settlement with Clint had been. Well, it isn't. The second lawsuit also ended in a settlement for Locke. [217] In September 1990, she confirmed reports that she had breast cancer. In 1968, she made her film debut in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. [20] Locke bequeathed Anderson an estimated fortune of $20 million, and seemed to have always supported him financially. [31] Locke's parents separated before her birth. [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. Locke then filed a lawsuit. Newer Post Home CONTACT US On the 91st Academy Awards telecast, broadcast nearly four months after Locke died, she was omitted from the In Memoriam segment. The stars tell all about their relationship off-camera and on in an excerpt from the rich new oral history. [32] In her autobiography, Locke noted that "although Momma would not admit it, I knew Mr. Smith never married my mother. I can understand how stranded they must feel, how hard it is to change one's life," Locke said. Late in the 1970s, Locke became pregnant by Eastwood twice;[100] she terminated both pregnancies. [114] She portrayed country singer Lynn Halsey-Taylor in the adventure-comedy. Earl Wilson. Stanley Eichelbaum. Culture Actress Sondra Locke died on Nov. 3, but news of her death surfaced Thursday evening. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. She was 74. [7] Following graduation in 1962, Locke enrolled at Middle Tennessee State University (then Middle Tennessee State College) in Murfreesboro on a full scholarship. Locke was an accomplished actress, making her debut in the 1968 drama The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter alongside Alan Arkin. "[249] Locke gave the script her blessing and accepted an invitation to be special guest at the film's premiere. In 1945, Locke briefly took the surname of her then-stepfather, Elkins, before her mother changed it again in 1948. According to the Associated. In magazine interviews, Locke and Anderson would variously claim to have met when they were 10. She would later direct and produce several films. [248] Locke attended one of those performances in 2004 at the Tiffany Theater in West Hollywood. Nearly three decades later, Locke said she still got those photos in fan mail requesting her autograph. Sondra Locke later proved herself as a film director. "A long time between breaks". The actress died after a cardiac arrest as a result of breast and bone cancer, according to a death certificate obtained by Associated . [84], In 1971, Locke co-starred with Bruce Davison and Ernest Borgnine in the psychological thriller Willard, which became a surprise box office smash. "Love was not something to search out actively; it finds you, I believed. [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). [33], Given that Locke waited decades to confirm that her marriage was platonic, most of her actual romantic attachments went unpublicized. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. [72] Locke's performance garnered her an Academy Award nomination, as well as a pair of Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Newcomer Female. [111] The home invasion film Death Game (1977), though released after they became an item, was actually shot in 1974. [204] Before any court decision could be made, Locke settled the case with Eastwood for an undisclosed amount of money. She was 74. Previously sponsored memorials or famous memorials will not have this option. 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. Actually, Locke was three years past the median age of first marriages for women in that era. Locke's persona belied her age, and she habitually played roles written for women much younger than herself. "[235] In a tribute to the late actress, author Sarah Weinman wrote: "Sondra Locke, like Barbara Loden, deserves to be known for her work, not for the famous man she was disastrously involved with. She claimed to have been born several years later than 1944, and her true age remained a secret throughout her career. Ultimately, Locke made two films during that period: Ratboy (1986) and Impulse (1990). [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. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. [100] The film was one of the top 15 grossing films of 1976 and revived Locke's career. "[131] Locke was nonetheless grateful to have a platform at all, stating: "It was a miracle that a major publisher took it. She received a Academy Award Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in the film. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. "[33] Eastwood claimed Locke told him on multiple occasions that she never wanted to have children. [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. [34][d] When Bayne married Alfred Locke in 1948, Sandra and Donald assumed his surname. From 1990 to 1993, her lawyer Peggy Garrity claimed, Locke proposed 30 films to the studio, all of which were turned down. 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. [33] "He didn't like the idea of me being away from him. He really is a man of few words. "I think it meant just as much to her. [115] Locke recorded several songs for the soundtracks of these films and was whispered to be shopping for a record deal at the time. In the mid-1960s, she dated her supervisor at WSM-TV's PR department, Brad Crandall (19201973). [157], George Crook, a cameraman for WSM, squired Locke to Nashville society events including the 1965 hunt ball. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. [172][177][178] Eastwood's wife Maggie Johnson lived on a colossal estate in Pebble Beach, where Eastwood rarely stayed,[33] and he and Johnson were understood to have had an open marriage from the start. She was born Sandra in Shelbyville, Tennessee, to Pauline Bayne, a factory worker, and Raymond Smith, a soldier. [234] In absence of any explanation, many surmised that Locke had to have requested the blackout in her final wishes, perhaps to keep her true age from being exposed. "Being a woman I have great empathy for these women. Unbeknownst to Locke, Eastwood eavesdropped on those consultations by means of a wiretap that he placed on their home phone in early March. Eastwood was secretly involved with another woman and had two children with her. [133] The film was screened at Laemmle Music Hall on May 6, 2018, less than six months before Locke died. 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. "[206] He accused Locke of using her cancer to gain the jury's sympathy: "She plays the victim very well. This has been the best day in a long, long time," she told reporters on court house steps. This translated into a period of great productivity while they were together. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. The Reeves children are not included in the count, for instance, at. cemeteries found in Westwood, Los Angeles County, California, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA. [202] Locke said that she "was stunned and outraged at the way I had been tricked and cheated a second time. Liz Smith. "Shelbyville gets its close-up". 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. A system error has occurred. In Eastwoods more rough-and-tumble outings she could only appear incongruous. 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. "Career Off to Great Start, and Then". However, as the years went on, Lockes deal went nowhere. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. 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. In it she called Eastwood "a completely evil, manipulating, lying excuse for a man. Particularly with regard to the tubal ligation, I encouraged Locke to make her own decision after she had consulted with a physician about the appropriateness of and the necessity for that surgical procedure. "[177] Locke claimed Eastwood even sang "She Made Me Monogamous" to her. 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. She won the part after a nationwide search to find a suitable newcomer. [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. Brad Schmitt. The 42 Best Romantic Comedies of All Time, The 25 Best Shows on Netflix to Watch Right Now. "Eastwood's Ex Hit Hard by Sudden Impact of Breakup". Are you sure that you want to delete this memorial? Elkins. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. [236] By the time of Trading Favors (1997), her fourth effort, still only eight percent of all films were made by women, per the Directors Guild of America. [112] "Clint wanted me to work only with him," said Locke. [41] From 1958, she attended Shelbyville Central High School, where she was again valedictorian and voted "Duchess of Studiousness" by classmates. People can say, He made her famous; he gave her movies. He didnt give me moviesI did a job, she said. Sondra Locke (1944 - 2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood.
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