[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). From 1990 to 1993, her lawyer Peggy Garrity claimed, Locke proposed 30 films to the studio, all of which were turned down. Actually, Locke was three years past the median age of first marriages for women in that era. Locke also later proved herself an idiosyncratic director with the curious fantasy Ratboy (1986), in which she starred. "I think it meant just as much to her. 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 at . based on information from your browser. [59] Dr. Walter Rowe Courtenay presided over the ceremony. Watson decided to do the movie after performing a standup routine about Locke and about how people in Shelbyville were obsessed with her. Try again. Locke claimed that she was frozen out of Hollywood after her breakup with Eastwood. In retrospect, she gathered "either he changed from white to black, or I had been living with somebody I didn't even know. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. Sign up for our daily Hollywood newsletter and never miss a story. One year, she toured Birmingham with folk singer Richard Law. Earl Wilson. She also portrayed the singer and actress, Rosemary Clooney in the CBS television movie "Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story" in 1982. In 1945, Locke briefly took the surname of her then-stepfather, Elkins, before her mother changed it again in 1948. 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. [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. February 17, 2023 . Garrity revealed that Locke's 1999 confidential settlement from WB "was for many millions more than the settlement with Clint had been. [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. [160] Another early boyfriend, personal injury attorney Gary Gober,[161] starred with Locke in Circle Players' productions while attending Vanderbilt University Law School. She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), based. [189] At any rate, she called divorce lawyer Norman Oberstein to explore her options should the separation be permanent. 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. 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. [238], Cinematographer David Worth credits Locke with his big break. 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. AGE 74 Obituary Sondra Locke (1944 - 2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood. The legendary directors death this week brings, Why Margot Kidder Was the Definitive Lois Lane, The late actresss fierce, funny reporter made, Scene Stealer: The True Lies of Elisabeth Finch, Part 1, The Johnny DeppAmber Heard Defamation Trial: The Makings of a Remarkable Moment in American Celebrity. Fraker. Sandra Louise Anderson (ne Smith; May 28, 1944 November 3, 2018), professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director. Liz Smith. She played Laura Lee, who joins Josey (Eastwood) on his quest to avenge his familys destruction during the civil war. In it she called Eastwood "a completely evil, manipulating, lying excuse for a man. [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). Year should not be greater than current year. He is known for producing The Godfather (1972) and Million Dollar Baby (2004), both of which won him the Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as co-creating the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes (1965). [33][69] In June 1995 she sued him again, for fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. [180] The avowal made Locke "a talking-point in America's sexual politics debate," according to The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. "Eastwood Undermined Lockes Directing Career, Attorney Says". [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. 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. [213] The case is used in some modern law-school contract textbooks to illustrate the legal concept of good faith. Various dates were given by the press for Locke's birth. "Sondra Locke continues to battle ex-beau Clint Eastwood". Failed to remove flower. Thanks for your help! She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), based. Clint Eastwood: The Director-King of Hollywood. "[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. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. cemeteries found in Westwood, Los Angeles County, California, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. To use this feature, use a newer browser. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. 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. "[131] Locke was nonetheless grateful to have a platform at all, stating: "It was a miracle that a major publisher took it. [57], In July 1967, Locke competed with 590 other Southern actresses and dozens of New York hopefuls for the part of Mick Kelly in a big-screen adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter opposite Alan Arkin. "[153] Anderson, according to the scant AP report, was unreachable,[153] and a representative for Locke ignored People's request for comment. After-the-fact publicity claimed that 2,000 actresses tried out for the role. [w], In 2015, after a 25-year period of apparent remission,[228] Locke's cancer returned and metastasized to her bones. Try again later. [33] Locke later defensively declared: "Clint is not good at direct communication. [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. 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. in depositions, Eastwood characterized her as his occasional roommate . This has been the best day in a long, long time," she told reporters on court house steps. Smith departed the scene before Sondra's birth. Well, it isn't. Sondra Locke, the Oscar-nominated actress who made six movies with live-in lover Clint Eastwood before . [217] In September 1990, she confirmed reports that she had breast cancer. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. "[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. 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. "[128], After 13 years away from acting, Locke returned to the screen in 1999 with cameo roles in the straight-to-video films The Prophet's Game with Dennis Hopper and Clean and Narrow with Wings Hauser. Locke announced plans to develop and star in a movie about Marie Antoinette, but the project fell apart. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. cemeteries found within miles of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. "[190][219], Locke underwent a double mastectomy at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, followed by chemotherapy. [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. [34][d] When Bayne married Alfred Locke in 1948, Sandra and Donald assumed his surname. 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. They ultimately settled the suit, with Locke securing a three-year, $1.5 million deal with Warner Bros. to develop directing projects. You might just as well have a direct confrontation with a wall. This account already exists, but the email address still needs to be confirmed. [20] Locke bequeathed Anderson an estimated fortune of $20 million, and seemed to have always supported him financially. She made a late return to the screen last year, in a title role in Alan Rudolphs Ray Meets Helen. [42] She also played on the girls' basketball team, served as PTSA representative and was president of the French club. [230][235], During the last third of her life, Locke maintained she was blacklisted from the film industry as a result of her acrimonious split from Eastwood;[69][128] his career went forward unscathed. [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. [239] She is admired by such actresses as Frances Fisher and Rosanna Arquette, who applauded the strength of her directorial accomplishments, however short-lived. "Being a woman I have great empathy for these women. [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. [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. Roderick Mann. "Locke Feels Vindicated After Lawsuit". "[105] Eastwood predicted that she would win an Oscar for her performance. Sondra Locke, the Oscar-nominated actress who starred in several movies with Clint Eastwood a romantic partner-turned-litigious opponenthas died. [225] Built in 1925, the home's interior was redesigned to look like Locke's old house on Stradella Road. However, their relationship ended acrimoniously, coloring both their legacies and entwining them in two ugly lawsuits. "[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. In our own way we got to live out a little bit of our dreams by making the movie and meeting her. Resend Activation Email. 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. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. [53] In 1964, she joined the staff at radio station WSM-AM 650 in Nashville and was promoted to its television affiliate WSM-Channel 4 the following year. The actress died after a cardiac arrest as a result of breast and bone cancer, according to a death certificate obtained by Associated . She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". She was the daughter of Raymond Smith, a military man stationed in the area, and Pauline Bayne. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. "For Human Options, the Light Is Bright". 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. Even though she was the second child of four children, she considered herself the middle child. "[95] Ron Harper, who worked with Locke on the short-lived 1974 show Planet of the Apes, was even more effusive: "After acting with her in a couple of scenes, there was something so feminine about her that I could picture myself easily falling for her She's one of those women who exudes femininity, and you just become so attracted to that. cremated remains buried on Nov 9th by husband Gordon Anderson, Your Scrapbook is currently empty. She achieved recognition for her relationship with Clint Eastwood and the six hit films they made together. Jeanne Miller. Watson said. Quickly see who the memorial is for and when they lived and died and where they are buried. Locke never appeared in a wide release after Sudden Impact. Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert. Sondra Locke, the Oscar-nominated actress who starred in several movies with Clint Eastwooda romantic partner-turned-litigious opponenthas died. [100] Locke's friendships with those women gradually faded as their husbands ghosted her. We have set your language to Read Full Obituary Guest Book -. 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. She was 74. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Add to your scrapbook. [147] Anderson was gay. "Sex Stars of 1969'". [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. A system error has occurred. [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. Sondra Locke (1944 - 2018) was an Academy Award-nominated actress and frequent co-star of Clint Eastwood. "[118] Locke cited Bronco Billy and The Outlaw Josey Wales as her favorites of the movies they made. [182], The breakup affected Locke's social life. Your new password must contain one or more uppercase and lowercase letters, and one or more numbers or special characters. She received a Academy Award Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role in the film. [33], Given that Locke waited decades to confirm that her marriage was platonic, most of her actual romantic attachments went unpublicized. Looking for more? [43] One student, Cameron Watson, was inspired by Locke and is now an actor/director. [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. All rights reserved. [84], In 1971, Locke co-starred with Bruce Davison and Ernest Borgnine in the psychological thriller Willard, which became a surprise box office smash. Newer Post Home CONTACT US "It's a woman's role that comes along once in a lifetime," she said. Use the links under See more to quickly search for other people with the same last name in the same cemetery, city, county, etc. "Eastwood getting a lock on Locke". Locke starred as a bitter heiress who joins a traveling Wild West show in Bronco Billy (1980), her only film with Eastwood not to reach blockbuster status, though it still ranked among the annual box office top 25. Besides "The Outlaw Josey Wales," "The Gauntlet," and "Every Which Way But Loose", she went on to appear in other films such as "Bronco Billy" (1980), "Any Which Way You Can" (1980), and "Sudden Impact" (1983). Women's blog Jezebel criticized The Hollywood Reporter for ostensibly regarding Locke as a nonentity;[245] THR subsequently changed its headline. [209] By then, Locke had fired Garrity and hired Neil Papiano to represent her. Even though she was the second child of four children, she considered herself the middle child. 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. 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). Eastwood did not comment on the death, nor did any of Locke's other living exes, nor any of her friends or relatives. "A long time between breaks". [21][22][23][24] Despite this, she wasn't considered "date material" by the more socially prominent boys in her class. While Locke was on the set of Impulse in 1989, Eastwood changed the locks on their home and dumped her belongings on the lawn.