| - IMDb Mini Biography By: Tom McDonough Family (3) Trivia (20) Gave birth to her first child at age 38, daughter Lily Rabe, on 6/29/82. . Failed to report flower. Failed to remove flower. Resend Activation Email. Jill Clayburgh dies at 66; Oscar-nominated actress 1 / 29 The UCLA basketball coach won 10 national titles during his 27-season tenure with the Bruins, making him one of the greatest coaches in. She was 66. I do best with characters who are coming apart at the seams. She won an Oscar for the role. It ran for 109 performances and was met with mixed reviews. Jill Clayburgh, who embodied hopeful and determined women in such 70s and 80s movies as An Unmarried Woman, Starting Over and Its My Turn, died at her Connecticut home on Friday from chronic leukemia, a disease she quietly battled for 21 years, her husband, playwright David Rabe, told The New York Times. We have set your language to Im not bad.. Ive really gone through a nightmare many times over. He was 87. Clayburgh takes chances in this movie. He was 40. 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She eventually made her Broadway debut in 1968 in The Sudden and Accidental Re-Education of Horse Johnson, co-starring Jack Klugman, which ran for 5 performances. Oh, God. The cause was chronic leukemia, with which she had lived for 21 years, her husband, the playwright David Rabe, said. [52][53] She also played Kitty Menendez, who was murdered by her sons, in Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders (1993), a role which Variety perceived to be "incomplete, but that has more to do with the script than Clayburghs performance. "[7], As a child, Clayburgh was inspired to become an actor when she saw Jean Arthur as Peter Pan on Broadway in 1950. She hosted Saturday Night Live on February 28, 1976 (Season 1, Episode 15) with musical guest, Leon Redbone. She passed away from breast cancer, which she was diagnosed with in 1984. Jill Clayburgh. I'm too old. He directed more than 14 other feature films. This is one of the reasons why the cause of death and every other detail was made public so that everyone would have a brief . After soaring to fame as the star of hit sitcom. Wood joined the J. Paul Getty Trust after revelations about questionable expenditures and controversies over antiquities. "I like going to different places and I like doing a different scene every day. And, she said, We may find out that he had broken down and taken drugs again. Jill Clayburgh, whose Broadway and Hollywood acting career stretched through the decades, highlighted by her Oscar-nominated portrayal of a divorcee exploring her sexuality in the 1978 film "An Unmarr "[14], Clayburgh was praised for her performances in the TV movies Hustling (1975), in which she played a prostitute, and The Art of Crime (1975). Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Born in New York City in 1944, Clayburgh's father was a vice president of two companies and her mother a secretary for Broadway producer David Merrick and her grandmother was famed Opera singer and New York socialite Alma Clayburgh. In 1999, "Entertainment Weekly" named her one of Hollywood's 25 greatest actresses. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Her television credits were many, among them "The Practice", "Law & Order", and a much praised Letitia Darling in ABC's 2007-2009 "Dirty Sexy Money". Her first grandchild was born via daughter. In what would be her career-defining role, Clayburgh was cast as Erica, the courageous abandoned wife who struggles with her new 'single' identity after her stockbroker husband leaves her for a younger woman. Her husband, Tony Award-winning playwright David Rabe, said she died after a 21-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. "[29] As a nursery-school teacher who falls reluctantly in love with Reynold's divorced character, her performance was lauded by The New York Times: "Miss Clayburgh delivers a particularly sharp characterization that's letter-perfect during the first part of the story and unconvincing in the second, through no fault of her own. Attended the prestigious Brearley School in Manhattan. Her grandmother, Alma Clayburgh, was a prominent socialite and opera singer. I didnt know.. Jill Clayburgh was born in Manhattan on April 30, 1944, the daughter of Albert, an industrial textile salesman, and Julie Clayburgh. Writing for Variety magazine, Charles Isherwood commended Clayburgh for playing her part "with clear-eyed dignity. "[21], In 1977, she had another hit with Semi-Tough, a comedy set in the world of American professional football, which also starred Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson. Clayburgh played Barbara Jane Bookman, who has a subtle love triangle relationship with both Reynolds and Kristofferson's characters. [10], In 1968, Clayburgh debuted off-Broadway in the double bill of Israel Horovitz's The Indian Wants the Bronx and It's Called the Sugar Plum, also starring Pacino. Earlier this week, the couples daughter, actress Lily Rabe, took a temporary leave of absence from the Broadway show in which she is about to open, Shakespeares A Merchant of Venice, starring Al Pacino. It was while at Sarah Lawrence that she decided on a career in acting, and joined the famous Charles Street Repetory Theater in Boston. After her 1966 graduation, Clayburgh headed for Boston, where she joined the Charles Playhouse and met and began a five-year relationship with Al Pacino, who was appearing in the companys production of America Hurrah. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. He was 58. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? " 'Francis . In September, pinch-hitting for Ireland, he had taped Inside Edition. On that segment, which aired Wednesday, he said: A drug addict doesnt really mean to hurt other people. Sun 7 Nov 2010 13.22 EST. As he tried to kick his addictions, she said, he told her that he wished rock groups would stop singing about drugs because the adults dont understand what theyre saying, but young people do. Ive had a very good life so far. Who knows when the last pill you took will put you over the top?. Jill Clayburgh, whose Broadway and Hollywood acting career was highlighted by her Oscar-nominated roles in the 1970s films An Unmarried Woman and Starting Over, died Friday. According to The Associated Press, Rabe said that she dealt with the disease courageously, quietly and privately, "and made it into an opportunity for her children to grow and be human.". Despite this, he felt both actors were miscast as the famous couple, writing further, "Miss Clayburgh could be an interesting actress, but there are always problems when small performers try to portray the kind of giant legends that Gable and Lombard were. Besides Mr. Rabe, whom she married in 1978, Ms. Clayburgh is survived by a daughter, the actress Lily Rabe, who is starring in the Broadway production of The Merchant of Venice, now in previews at the Broadhurst Theater; a son, Michael; a stepson, Jason; and a brother, James. In early 1985, another call to the Vermont farm--a bucolic retreat that Ireland calls my favorite place in the whole world--had shattered their lives. Born in 1944 (to a mother who was a production secretary to theatre . Learn more about managing a memorial . . Clayburgh also took drama classes at Sarah Lawrence. Fox, Margalit and Dennis Hevesi contributed reporting. Jill Clayburgh, Oscar-nominated actress, dies at 66 | EW.com She began her career in films in 1970 and got her first major role in Portnoy's Complaint (1972) in 1972. You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. The tragedy of Jason David McCallum stands apart from the too-familiar story of the world-weary children of Hollywood celebrities whose search for excitement ends with a fatal overdose. "[38] In the controversial Hanna K. (1983), she was a court-appointed Israeli-American lawyer assigned to defend a Palestinian man for director Costa-Gavras. It was in Jasons system, just floating around in there waiting for something to trigger it.. In an interview, she talked now of Jasons first encounter with drugs, when he was only 7: He was waiting for a school bus and some older boys came by and gave him some stuff. When he was 12, he told her, he was given cocaine by a Rolling Stones bodyguard at a concert to which he was taken by his tutor. Jill Clayburgh, an Oscar-nominated actress known for portraying strong, independent women, died on Friday at her home in Lakeville, Conn. She was 66.