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Sandra Louise Anderson (née Smith; May 28, 1944 – November 3, 2018), professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director. 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. She went on to star in such hit films as Willard, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Gauntlet, Every Which Way but Loose, Bronco Billy, Any Which Way You Can and Sudden Impact. She worked often with Clint Eastwood, who was her companion for 14 years. She also directed four films, notably Impulse. Locke's autobiography, The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey, was published in 1997. Contents 1 Background, early life and education 2 Career 2.1 Rise to prominence 2.2 Commercial ups and downs, missed roles, TV work 2.3 Films with Clint Eastwood 2.4 Directing 2.5 Memoir and final projects 3 Philanthropy 4 Personal life 4.1 Mixed-orientation marriage 4.2 Dalliances 4.3 Life with Eastwood 4.3.1 Palimony suit 4.3.2 Fraud suit 4.4 Illness; last relationship 5 Death 6 Legacy 6.1 Our Very Own 7 Filmography 7.1 As actress 7.2 As director 8 Stage 9 Footnotes 10 See also 11 References 12 External links Background, early life and education Sandra Louise Smith was born on May 28, 1944,[a][b] the daughter of New York City native Raymond Smith, then serving in the military,[c] and Pauline Bayne, a pencil factory worker from Huntsville, Alabama who was of mostly Scottish descent, with matrilineages in South Carolina dating back to the late 1700s.[28] Locke's parents separated before her birth.[29] In her autobiography, Locke noted that "although Momma would not admit it, I knew Mr. Smith never married my mother."[30] She had a maternal half-brother, Donald (born April 26, 1946) from Bayne's subsequent brief marriage to William B. Elkins.[31][d] When Bayne married Alfred Locke in 1948, Sandra and Donald adopted his surname.[33][e] She grew up in Shelbyville, Tennessee, where her stepfather owned a construction company;[34] the family later moved to nearby Wartrace.[35] Self-described as introspective[36] and ambitious,[37] Locke started working part-time at age 16, drove her own car, and had a telephone installed in her bedroom.
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