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. Resend Activation Email. And when I did, that was the beginning of the end.. [36][e] She grew up in Shelbyville, Tennessee, where her stepfather owned a construction company;[37] the family later moved to nearby Wartrace. [100] Locke was shooting Impulse (1990) at the time of the lockout. Edit a memorial you manage or suggest changes to the memorial manager. Brad Schmitt. Clint Eastwood: The Director-King of Hollywood. She achieved recognition for her relationship with Clint Eastwood and the six hit films they made together. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. I think he thought Id go away, because he always gets his way, Locke said. Chapel Hill Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens. Josh Young. [191] Forced abortions and compulsory sterilization were also cited, though Locke would later recategorize those operations as a "mutual decision". If you were in Clint Eastwood movies, you were in the Clint Eastwood movie business, she explained. [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. Co-stars such as Cicely Tyson, Louie Anderson, Sally Kellerman, Stacy Keach and Ted Neeley all active on social media were equally silent. [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. "[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. [235] She was one of 11 female filmmakers in 1990, the year WB released her sophomore feature, Impulse. Locke never appeared in a wide release after Sudden Impact. "Locke, Soul Set for Cannon Roles". [111] The home invasion film Death Game (1977), though released after they became an item, was actually shot in 1974. [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. The sex symbol confessed that "girls thought I was a jokea happy buffoon," before he met his wife. She played Laura Lee, who joins Josey (Eastwood) on his quest to avenge his familys destruction during the civil war. "[33], In February 2001, Locke purchased a six-bedroom gated mansion in the Hollywood Hills, where she resided for the remainder of her life. [38][44][45] She dropped out after completing two semesters of study. "[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. Family members linked to this person will appear here. 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. "[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. "[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. [180][s] "I'd feel sorry for any child that had me for a mother," she previously told columnist Dick Kleiner in 1969. February 17, 2023 . She did have a background working her way up learning her craft, and she showed promise as a director later on in her career. She told journalist Leon Wagener: "One of those children Clint made her abort could have been the grandson I've always wanted.". 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. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? [229] The Associated Press said "it is not clear why it took nearly six weeks to come to light. "Sondra Locke tries other side of the camera". [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. [158][159] He later got into local politics and was elected mayor of Belle Meade in 2000. 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. "[105] Eastwood predicted that she would win an Oscar for her performance. [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. It was only when she tried to step away from Clint's s Continue Reading 22 2 Savannah Thompson 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. "Locke Turns To 'Ratboy' To Escape Clint's Maze". She was 74. "[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.' [135], In 1992, Locke served as honorary chairwoman for the "Starry, Starry Night" silent auction in Costa Mesa, California to benefit Human Options, a shelter for victims of domestic violence. [32] In her autobiography, Locke noted that "although Momma would not admit it, I knew Mr. Smith never married my mother. "Eastwood is target of another Locke Lawsuit". 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[210][v] The agreement with Warner Bros., Locke said, was "a happy ending. based on information from your browser. [131] She had simultaneously been wooed by screenwriter Philip Kaufman but chose Eastwood over him. 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. Please enter your email address and we will send you an email with a reset password code. "[111] Childfree by choice unusual for a person of her generation[237] Locke was among the first celebrities to publicly discuss her abortion experiences. On the coattails of the franchise's success, she performed live in concert (one-off gigs) with The Everly Brothers, Eddie Rabbitt and Tom Jones.[116]. [126] In a subsequent interview with Siskel, Locke said she wasn't eager to act again. GREAT NEWS! [131] She and Cunneen eventually broke up,[226] albeit without publicity, since she had faded from public view. Share this memorial using social media sites or email. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. [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. Well, it isn't. [202] Locke said that she "was stunned and outraged at the way I had been tricked and cheated a second time. Sondra Locke Sondra Locke, an Oscar-nominated actress for "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" and a frequent co-star of her ex-husband Clint Eastwood, whom she successfully sued for fraud in 1995, died on Nov A Space Odyssey," died on Jan. Use this page to find out if 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. . Pauline Locke interviewed by Leon Wagener, 1989. [229][230][231] Her remains were cremated on November 9 at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary and the ashes were given to her widower, Gordon Anderson. Locke also later proved herself an idiosyncratic director with the curious fantasy Ratboy (1986), in which she starred. I only stood to lose professionally.. [208] As had happened with the previous lawsuit, this ended in an out-of-court settlement, in May 1999. By 1989, it was clear the relationship was falling apart, she said. "For Human Options, the Light Is Bright". [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). [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. [147] Anderson was gay. All rights reserved. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. [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. "Sandra Locke bitter, shocked about split with Eastwood". [172] In November 1990, the parties reached a private settlement wherein Eastwood set up a $1.5 million multiyear film development/directing pact for Locke at Warner Bros. in exchange for dropping the suit. Year should not be greater than current year. Locke, who was nominated for an Academy Award for her first film role in The Heart is. His accent wasnt so theatrical, and he was way funnier than Baz Luhrmann gives him credit for. [117] While the biopic followed Clooney from ages 17 to 40, Locke was 38 when she played the role, and though hardly counting as a proper exception due to its nonlinear structure, this marked the only time she played a mother onscreen. [91] The San Francisco-set drama was to be directed by Mal Karman and shot by cinematographer Robert Primes, who did camerawork for Gimme Shelter, but it was scrapped for lack of funds. Thanks for your help! Even though she was the second child of four children, she considered herself the middle child. 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. [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. Brad Schmitt. Try again later. Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert. According to the Associated. National Center for Family & Marriage Research. [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. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. Actress Sondra Locke, who was best known for making six movies with Clint Eastwood, has died at the age of 74. Eastwood did not comment on the death, nor did any of Locke's other living exes, nor any of her friends or relatives. [157], George Crook, a cameraman for WSM, squired Locke to Nashville society events including the 1965 hunt ball. . [204] Before any court decision could be made, Locke settled the case with Eastwood for an undisclosed amount of money. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. The stars tell all about their relationship off-camera and on in an excerpt from the rich new oral history. A system error has occurred. [115] The New York Times critic Janet Maslin noticed that "each of them works more delicately here than they have together previously. Sondra Locke, the Oscar-nominated actress who starred in several movies with Clint Eastwood a romantic partner-turned-litigious opponenthas died. [59] Dr. Walter Rowe Courtenay presided over the ceremony. cremated remains buried on Nov 9th by husband Gordon Anderson, Your Scrapbook is currently empty. 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. [41] From 1958, she attended Shelbyville Central High School, where she was again valedictorian and voted "Duchess of Studiousness" by classmates. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. "[212] "I feel elated. "A long time between breaks". Add to your scrapbook. [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. Actress Sondra Locke, who was Clint Eastwood 's girlfriend for more than 13 years, has died. [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. 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. 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. There is a problem with your email/password. [156] According to co-worker Alan Nelson, who died eight months after Locke, he and other staff members believed her promotion resulted from nepotism. [33], Locke was a cheerleader and class valedictorian in junior high. "[211] Locke v. Warner Bros. Inc also catalyzed changes within the legal system. Contradictory sources have either directly cited, or implied, every year from 1943 to 1950. The suit was eventually settled in 1996 for an undisclosed sum. "Sex Stars of 1969'". She was nominated for her screen debut in. Locke got her big break in 1967 when she starred in The. There was an error deleting this problem. "[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. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. [21][22][23][24] Despite this, she wasn't considered "date material" by the more socially prominent boys in her class. [81][82] Locke was offered Barbara Hershey's role in Last Summer (1969), but her management turned it down without telling her. [217] In September 1990, she confirmed reports that she had breast cancer. "[118] Locke cited Bronco Billy and The Outlaw Josey Wales as her favorites of the movies they made. Her mother married Alfred Locke, a carpenter, when she was four. How Should a Cinephile Grapple with Bertoluccis Tainted Legacy? [48] "It was just an immediate attraction between the two of us," Locke recalled in a 2012 documentary. Failed to delete memorial. Sondra Locke died on Nov. 3, 2018, of cardiac arrest as a result of both breast and bone cancer. "[206] He accused Locke of using her cancer to gain the jury's sympathy: "She plays the victim very well. [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. [97] Locke said she chose the role for its exposure,[98] following a run of unremarkable credits. [137][138] Locke also dated a sculptor (she did not name him) prior to marrying Anderson. [33], Given that Locke waited decades to confirm that her marriage was platonic, most of her actual romantic attachments went unpublicized. [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. "The Actress Couldn't Resist". Looking for more? [27][42][51][f] Donald blamed Gordon Anderson Locke's best friend since adolescence and future husband for the rift, claiming Anderson had "an almost hypnotic spell on her. [20] Locke bequeathed Anderson an estimated fortune of $20 million, and seemed to have always supported him financially. In retrospect, she gathered "either he changed from white to black, or I had been living with somebody I didn't even know. He just wills people to do things, he would say that all the time. Cast Album of PAINT YOUR WAGON". [224] Cunneen moved in with her in the spring of 1991. Locke, best known for her movies with Clint Eastwood ad her off-screen romance with Eastwood,. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Sondra Locke (195334615)? [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. People can say, He made her famous; he gave her movies. He didnt give me moviesI did a job, she said. For a long time it was falsely presumed that Locke and Anderson had divorced. 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. You might just as well have a direct confrontation with a wall. She was nominated for her screen debut in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), based. ", In June 1999, Garrity sued Locke to get paid for persuading the appellate court to reinstate. "[249] Locke gave the script her blessing and accepted an invitation to be special guest at the film's premiere. Sondra Locke, Oscar-Nominated Actress for 'The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter,' Dies at 74. This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review.
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