sondra locke

Shelbyville, Tennessee, Years active 1968 - [show]Awards won Academy Awards Academy Award nomination for The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Sondra Locke (born May 28, 1947 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA) is a American actress, singer and film director, best known for frequently starring in films with Clint Eastwood. She made her film debut in 1968 in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter with Alan Arkin, for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Contents [hide] 1 Career 2 Marriage 3 Relationship with Clint Eastwood 4 Current life 5 Director filmography 6 References 7 External links //

Career

Sondra Locke was the valedictorian of the Shelbyville Central High School class of 1962. Locke attended Middle Tennessee State University for a year, before dropping out to pursue an acting career. She won a nationwide talent search for the 1968 film The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, in which she played a lonely teenager who develops a bond with a deaf-mute man. Locke was nominated for an Academy Award and two Golden Globes for her role in the film. In the following years, she appeared in a number of independent films such as Willard and guest starred on television shows, including Barnaby Jones and Kung Fu.

Locke's career gained momentum in 1976 when she played a young pioneer woman opposite Clint Eastwood in the western classic The Outlaw Josey Wales. With Eastwood as her leading man, Locke went on to star in a number of blockbuster hits. Her film roles include playing a foul-mouthed prostitute in The Gauntlet, a country singer in Every Which Way But Loose and its sequel, Any Which Way You Can, a spoiled heiress in Bronco Billy, and a revenge-seeking murderess in Sudden Impact.

Locke directed two films produced by Eastwood. She made her directing debut in 1986 with the comedy Ratboy later directed the thriller Impulse in 1990. Since then, Locke has directed two TV movies and appeared in the independent films Clean and Narrow and The Prophet's Game. She hasn't acted or directed since 1999.

Marriage

In 1967, Locke married her childhood friend Gordon Anderson, who has since been outed as a homosexual. In her autobiography, Locke says that she never had sexual relations with her husband, and that she married him after he told her he was gay. When she began her affair with Eastwood, Anderson was already living with another man. However, they are still very close friends and remain legally married to this day.

Relationship with Clint Eastwood

Sondra Locke first met Clint Eastwood in 1972 when she auditioned for his film Breezy. They eventually became frequent costars and lovers. They began their romantic relationship during the filming of The Outlaw Josey Wales and lived together for the next 14 years.[1].

Her autobiography The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly includes a harrowing account of her years with Eastwood. When their relationship ended in 1989,