Jill Clayburgh

Jill Clayburgh was a noted American Actress, born on 30 April 1944 in New York City.  Jill Clayburgh is remembered as the heroine who defined the domains of drama. 

Jill Clayburgh started her acting career on Broadway starring in Henry Bloomstein play “Calling in Crazy” After that she started appearing in numerous other plays on Broadway and later on she got a break as she appeared in her first movie “The Wedding Party” which eventually got released six years after its making. But this film marked the dawn of her recognition and her fine acting skills and eventually won her people’s love and support. She produced another fine acting work in the critically acclaimed romantic drama “Griffin and the Phoenix”. Jill Clayburgh earned her best actress award in Cannes Film Festival for the movie “An Unmarried Woman” which is considered to be the Mecca of global film-making platform, again followed by another award for the film “Starting over”.

Clayburgh shifted herself to television too as she appeared in a string of series such as “Law and Order”, “ The Practice The Practice is an American legal drama that focus >> Read More... ”, “Dirty Sexy Money”, “Running with Scissors”, “Hustling’ which garnered strong attentions from the general mass. 

But her Broadway love again ignited her passion towards it as she appeared for a play which was Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park. In spite of her stellar performances she got hiccups in her career in the forms of movies like “Gable and Lombard”, “Silver Streak” and “Semi-tough”.

Critics and the people who knew Clayburgh knew the fact that she never took any role for granted, nor she lost an ounce of energy while being absorbed in a particular character which is evident from her sensitive and stellar performance as Erica in An unmarried woman.

Clayburgh had dated the likes of Al Pacino His movie “The Godfather” in 1972 was considered t >> Read More... , which lasted for five years before finally settling down with David Rabe. The couple has a son and a daughter, Michael Rabe and Lily Rabe. 

Clayburgh died on Nov 5, 2010, at the age of 66 due to Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, which was troubling her for the past 20 years. A movie “Love and the other drugs” is usually cited as a dedication to her loving memory. Her final appearance as a movie actress was in the 2011 movie “Bridesmaids”.

Clayburgh’s roles were poised for perfection, and her face talked about the character she portrayed. She is truly one of the biggest American actresses of the late 70’s.