R.I.P. Jill Clayburgh

[moviefan]

Sad news for fans of this actress who was big in the '70s:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/101106/entertainment/centertainment_us_clayburgh

 

[Don Draper]

Clayburgh was born in New York City, the daughter of Julia Louise (née Dorr), a theatrical production secretary for David Merrick, and Albert Henry "Bill" Clayburgh, a manufacturing executive. Her paternal grandmother was concert and opera singer Alma Lachenbruch Clayburgh. Jill Clayburgh's father's family was Jewish and upper class; she was raised in a "fashionable" neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where she attended the prestigious Brearley School. She attended Sarah Lawrence College, where she decided that she wanted to be an actress.

"An Unmarried Woman"

Unforgettable Oscar Nominated Performance.

Clayburgh married screenwriter and playwright David Rabe in 1979. They had one son, Michael Rabe and one daughter, actress Lily Rabe. Clayburgh suffered for more than two decades from chronic lymphocytic leukemia and died at her home during the morning hours of November 5, 2010, surrounded by her family.

 

[blackrock13]

OoooW!! A real shock. 20 years with leukemia is an amazing story.

 

[papasmerf]

rest in peace love.