May 28, 1944 november 3, 2018, professionally known as sondra locke, was an american actress and director. But this story turned dark when their highprofile breakup became ugly. The recently deceased actress met the hollywood actor in 1972 a. The oscarnominated actress sondra locke has died at age 74. It is worth noting that although mcgilligans book is touted as being scrupulously researched, it does contain easily discernible errors concerning people in eastwoods life, e. Actressdirector sondra locke insists that the title of her book, the good, the bad and the very ugly, is not merely a play on the title of one of clint eastwoods early spaghetti westerns. Soon afterward, eastwood walked out on his wife, maggie, after 25 years of. Buy a cheap copy of the good, the bad, and the very ugly. Every which way but loose by james fargo clint eastwood. The final and most important reason is clint eastwoods performance. Sondra locke was clint eastwoods long term girlfriend who lived with him for over years.
Actress sondra locke, who was clint eastwood s girlfriend for more than years, has died. Besides acting in movies with clint and becoming his lover, she also won an academy award for an earlier movie with alan arkin her first movie. Its a hollywood journey, but it reads like a novel. The war began shortly after the year romance between locke and eastwood ended. Oscarnominated actress sondra locke dead at 74 daily mail. Any which way you can is a 1980 comedy movie, starring clint eastwood, sondra locke, geoffrey lewis, william smith, and ruth gordon. Barely into filming, he seduced her on their first date. The new york times from the moment the man with no name first fixed the screen with his murderous squint, from the first time audiences heard dirty harry callahan growl make my day, clint eastwood has been an icon of american manhood in all its coolness and ferocity.
I had a frightening premonition about the future of celebrity autobiographies while reading all 371 pages the oncevenerable publisher william morrow gave sondra locke secondtier actress. Sondra locke was born may 28, 1944 as sandra louise smith, probably in madison, alabama. She worked often with clint eastwood, who was her companion for 14 years. Sondra locke was an actor, producer, director and talented singer. She played a prostitute being escorted by police to testify in a mafia trial. Dec 04, 2017 sondra locke was clint eastwoods long term girlfriend who lived with him for over years. The gauntlet uses her 1996 lawsuit against star and director clint eastwood, her former.
She was the daughter of raymond smith, a military man stationed nearby, and pauline bayne. Morrow gave sondra locke secondtier actress, sometime bmovie director, and clint eastwoods spurned squeeze to tell her peculiar. The advocate, a monthly lgbtinterest magazine, was set to do a big article on lockes book, which was a natural because of gordon being gay. Us army 195153, swim instructor, fort ord as a teen, clint eastwood acted in a school play, but was struck with such stage fright he vowed never to act. Sondra lockes autobiography stands out because it doesnt fit labels. The outlaw josey wales by clint eastwood, sondra locke, chief dan george, bill mckinney, john vernon and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Locke was born in 1944 as sandra louise smith and raised in. The second is the skilled comic performances of the cast. Clint eastwood comes to mind the actress is still very associated with the man with. Jul 17, 2010 sondra locke has an innocent wistful quality to her looks, and shes a very spiritual in a new age kind of way, seeing ghosts, believing in synchronicity, signs, and portents. As well as being an incredibly soulful and captivating acclaimed actress, sondra locke had the makings of becoming one of. Bill brown, publisher of the carmel pine cone newspaper and a golfing pal of eastwood s, said despite the public animosity, clint told me not too long ago that sondra was the love of his life. Sondra locke won a nationwide talent search to land her first movie role, in 1968s the heart is a lonely hunter, as a lonely teenaged girl who befriends a suicidal deafmute. Sondra locke, 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 november 3rd at her home. Sondra locke s fairytale story took her from a small town in tennessee to the impossible heights of hollywood. Going along for the ride is spoiled socialite sondra locke, who is initiated by being pressed into service as the wrong end of a knifethrowing act. Suing clint eastwood, sondra locke strikes with magnum. Expal spills bad, ugly like the girl with the proverbial curl, the good part of the couples year relationship was very, very good particularly the sex. Elkins, and together they had a son, donald, in 1946. I really understood it at the time as a man with power trying to make a woman into a nothing.
The locke eastwood romance began amid whispers of scandal in 1977, while clint and sondra were filming the gauntlet. Bronco billy 1980 clint eastwood, sondra locke pressbook. Locke, who was nominated for an academy award for her first film role in the heart is a. Sondra locke, the oscarnominated actress who starred in several movies with clint eastwooda romantic partnerturnedlitigious opponenthas died. While they were working on the outlaw josey wales together, locke writes, eastwood came to her ho tel room. In a frank interview, clint eastwood talks about his offscreen demons, his battles with former lover sondra locke, and his life in. In the prelude, she tells us that, since childhood, she loved and collected fairytales. Actressdirector sondra locke insists that the title of her book, the good, the bad and the very ugly, is not merely a play on the title of one of clint eastwood s early spaghetti westerns. Yet, like many people who have psychic abilities, she had not a clue about what was really going on in her life with long term lover and keeper, clint eastwood, until it. Though her longtime love affair with clint eastwood largely defined sondra lockes public persona, she was a creative force who struggled in her paramours considerable shadow her. Bronco billy 1980 clint eastwood, sondra locke pressbook ebay.
The final and most important reason is clint eastwood s performance. Clint eastwood comes across in a completely different way than his public image in the book. Sondra lockes the good, the bad, and the very ugly. Geoffrey lewis makes a great deadpan comic foil for eastwood, sondra locke brings the right intensity to her lady of mystery character, and ruth gordon is a total scenestealer as the foulmouthed, illtempered ma. I remember her public break up with clint eastwood very well even though i was a young person. Its one of the many things i learned from as a young adult and why i am now a feminist. And as in a fairy tale, she found herself on the arm of prince charming clint eastwood, one of the film worlds biggest stars. Locke had a contentious relationship of more than a decade with clint eastwood, who first cast her in the outlaw josey wales. Clint eastwood forced his former girlfriend sondra locke to have two abortions while constantly cheating on her, it has been claimed. She made her film debut in 1968 in the heart is a lonely hunter, for which she was nominated for an academy award for best supporting actress. In her 1997 book the good, the bad, and the very ugly, locke wrote. With clint eastwood, verna bloom, marianna hill, mitchell ryan. Clint eastwood and sondra locke in 1977s the gauntlet a childhood friend from shelbyville, gordon anderson, helped her prepare for her role in the heart is a lonely hunter after he helped her get discovered in a nationwide talent search. Oct 31, 1997 i had a frightening premonition about the future of celebrity autobiographies while reading all 371 pages the oncevenerable publisher william morrow gave sondra locke secondtier actress.
New any which way you can vhs, 1980 clint eastwood, sondra locke sealed. Eastwood chose blonde sondra locke, 20 years his junior, as the films love interest. Yet, like many people who have psychic abilities, she had not a clue about what was really going on in her life with long term lover and keeper, clint eastwood, until it was a shock. Oscarnominated actress sondra locke dead at 74 daily. Bronco billy by clint eastwood, sondra locke, geoffrey. Sondra locke the good the bad the very ugly bio actress hollywood clint eastwood. With a new wife and baby, dirty harry is ready to come clean. It had information about ms locke and clint eastwood that i never knew. If you like tellalls and movie history, this is for you. Actressdirector sondra locke dishes on her fascinating 1986 film ratboy. Suing clint eastwood, sondra locke strikes with magnum force.
Sondra locke wrested a fistful of dollars tuesday from former lover and costar clint eastwood, settling a fraud suit against the academy awardwinning director she contended sabotaged her career. And as in a fairy tale, she found herself on the arm. The two met while on the set of the outlaw josey wales, and while eastwood was still married. During the early years of the relationship, locke supposedly had two. Clint eastwoods longtime partner sondra locke dead at 74.
Dec 14, 2018 sondra locke, the oscarnominated actress who starred in several movies with clint eastwooda romantic partnerturnedlitigious opponenthas died. Locke ended up writing a tell all book that got released in the mid 1990s titled the good, the bad, and the very ugly, and revealed a wealth of juicy. Inside sondra lockes tumultuous year relationship with. Dec 14, 2018 sondra locke with clint eastwood in the gauntlet 1977. It is worth noting that although mcgilligans book is touted as being scrupulously researched, it does contain easily discernible errors concerning people in eastwood s life, e. Bronco billy by clint eastwood, sondra locke, geoffrey lewis. The man america reveres as a national emblem of grit and courage and makemyday machismo is not the clint eastwood portrayed in this book. Dec 14, 2018 clint eastwood forced his former girlfriend sondra locke to have two abortions while constantly cheating on her, it has been claimed. Dec, 2018 clint eastwood and sondra locke in 1977s the gauntlet a childhood friend from shelbyville, gordon anderson, helped her prepare for her role in the heart is a lonely hunter after he helped her get discovered in a nationwide talent search. The recently deceased actress met the hollywood actor in.
The lockeeastwood romance began amid whispers of scandal in 1977, while clint and sondra were filming the gauntlet. It has been reported that sondra locke had a longterm relationship with clint eastwood. Dec 14, 2018 locke was an excellent actor, and seriousminded director, but became trapped by her involvement with eastwood and subsequent legal disputes. The man sondra locke describes is cold and selfcentered.
Locke was nominated for an academy award for her very first film in 1968 and went on to star in six films clint eastwood, with who she. Sondra locke has an innocent wistful quality to her looks, and shes a very spiritual in a new age kind of way, seeing ghosts, believing in synchronicity, signs, and portents. Locke was an excellent actor, and seriousminded director, but became trapped by her involvement with eastwood and subsequent legal disputes. They may think, sondra locke doesnt have any personal flaws, our nice hero, that kind of thing from people who only want the image. Clint eastwood points a stern finger at fbi investigators and the media in the first trailer for his new factbased drama richard jewell, which explores the security guard who reported. The triumph and tragedy of sondra locke vanity fair. Sondra lockes fairytale story took her from a small town in tennessee to the impossible heights of hollywood. Hollywood careerand a turbulent relationship with clint eastwood. Dec 18, 2018 though her longtime love affair with clint eastwood largely defined sondra locke s public persona, she was a creative force who struggled in her paramours considerable shadow her entire life. The book has a very long introduction to her life and her struggles of horrible parenting and the. Sondra locke is aware of this, hence the title of her book, the good, the bad, and the very ugly. It was also applicable to the story, she says of the book that details her life with the actordirector.
Sep 29, 2015 actressdirector sondra locke dishes on her fascinating 1986 film ratboy. A gunfighting stranger clint eastwood comes to the small settlement of lago and is hired to bring the townsfolk together in an attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way. Sondra locke and clint eastwood in the gauntlet, 1977. Bronco billy stars clint eastwood who also directed as the impresario of a seedy wild west show. The gauntlet uses her 1996 lawsuit against star and director clint eastwood, her former lover, to frame the life and career that began in shelbyville. Sondra locke signed framed 11x14 photo display w clint eastwood.
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