Locke died on Nov. 3 at her Los Angeles home from cardiac arrest related to breast and bone cancer, according to a death certificate obtained by The Associated Press.
Locke is probably best known for the six movies she made with her longtime boyfriend actor/director Clint Eastwood in the late 1970s and ‘80s, including “Sudden Impact,” “The Outlaw Josey Wales,” “The Gauntlet,” and “Every Which Way But Loose.”
Credit: DEUTSCH Jean-Claude
Credit: DEUTSCH Jean-Claude
Locke and Eastwood were together for 14 years, from 1975 until 1989.
She earned her Oscar nomination for her first movie, 1968’s “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.”
Born Sandra Louise Anderson on May 28, 1944, Locke was raised in Shelbyville, Tennessee, where she graduated from high school and attended Middle Tennessee State University where she studied drama.
Farewell to Sondra Locke, who gave beautiful, complex performances in such films "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter," "Willard," "The Outlaw Josey Wales" and "Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story." Locke showed her talent as a director in films like "Ratboy." An under-appreciated artist. pic.twitter.com/h6o5f0GmuX
— Pop Culture Classics (@popcultclassics) December 14, 2018
Locke appeared in just three films in the past 18 years: 2000's "Clean and Narrow, "The Prophet's Game," also in 2000 and co-starring Keith Carradine, and "Ray Meets Helen" in 2017, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She was the executive producer on 2015's "Knock Knock," starring Keanu Reeves.
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Credit: James Andanson
RIP Sondra Locke.
— Tom Reagan’s Hat (@andymannion77) December 13, 2018
A key fixture in my 70s/80s film memories because of her films with Clint Eastwood & I particularly liked her in the gently nostalgic Bronco Billy. pic.twitter.com/k1zvP68hC7
#AcademyAward Nominee #SondraLocke has died at 74. Cardiac arrest due to bone cancer. She was nominated in 1968 for The Heart is A Lonely Hunter #filmtwitter pic.twitter.com/rkaqQIj8Hb
— Joey Gentile (@JoeyGentile1992) December 13, 2018
Oh, NO. This really hurts: #RIP Sondra Locke, a wonderful, luminous actress, Oscar-nominated for THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER, unjustly blackballed in Hollywood for decades, gone too soon at 74. A fave of mine whom I always hoped would make a comeback. Her '97 memoir is a MUST. pic.twitter.com/AYhtexJq8t
— Amelia Mangan (@AmeliaMangan) December 13, 2018
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