Jill Clayburgh dies at 66
Jill began her career on Broadway, portraying many characters that had emerged from the new feminist era. She is best remembered for her starring role in Paul Mazursky's 1978 drama An Unmarried Woman, where she played Erica, a strong-willed New Yorker whose husband leaves her for another woman. She garnered a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance as Marilyn Holmberg in Alan J. Pakula's 1979 romantic dramedy Starting Over, which found her acting opposite Burt Reynolds as a teacher who embarks on an affair with a recently divorced man.
Starring in many popular film and television series throughout the 80s and 90s, Clayburgh had continued to pursue her career in acting up until her recent death, having even returned to Broadway in 2006, starring in a rival of Barefoot in the Park opposite Tony Roberts and Amanda Peet. She was last seen as a series regular on the short-lived ABC series Dirty Sexy Money. She will next be seen starring opposite Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal in this November's Love and Other Drugs. And she will also appear in the Kristen Wiig comedy Bridesmaids, due in theaters this May.
Jill is survived by her husband, playwright David Rabe, daughter, actress Lily Rabe, son Michael, stepson Jason, and a brother, James.
An Unmarried Woman was released March 5th, 1978 and stars Jill Clayburgh, Alan Bates, Michael Murphy, Cliff Gorman, Patricia Quinn, Kelly Bishop, Lisa Lucas, Linda Miller. The film is directed by Paul Mazursky.
Starting Over was released October 5th, 1979 and stars Burt Reynolds, Jill Clayburgh, Candice Bergen, Charles Durning, Frances Sternhagen, Austin Pendleton, Mary Kay Place, MacIntyre Dixon. The film is directed by Alan J. Pakula.
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RojoDiablo
RIP Jill!
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JOSE_CTM
R.I.P Women. You Shall Be Missed!
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CelluloidDreams
....Loved her in: Running with Scissors (2006) & An Unmarried Woman (1978) !! Thanks for the memories!!!
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CelluloidDreams
Do not grieve at the passing of mortality,for life's but a thing of terrible gravity. And the planets gravitate around you, and the stars shall dance about you,and the angels in heaven adore you, and the saints all stand and applaud you. So faraway,so faraway and yet so close.
Nick Cave, "Far Away, So Close"
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DoubleR0522
RIP SHE WILL BE MISSED
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The Narrator: The Better Man
I didn't see most of her movies, but I have seen a few, and she seemed like a decent actress. If anything she entertained audiences across the nation in roels, and for that I say R.I.P. to young to go if you ask me.
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Summit10
God bless her soul. RIP.
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Rob Torossian
She was a true acting gem. She will surely be missed. RIP.
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Mary Jo Fahey
Jill Clayburgh will be missed.
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Zzwanda
Jill also portrayed John Rubenstein's love interest in Steven Schwartz's "Pippin" on Broadway in 1972. Also in that production were Irene "Granny" Ryan and Ben Vereen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pippin_(musical)
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justincase
Sorry to hear that. Too young to go.
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Gayledi
she will be missed.
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Messenger
We need to have more strong women like her in film.
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Dan
Sucks.
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