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Jill Clayburgh dies aged 66.

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Persephone

Persephone Report 6 Nov 2010 09:39

I liked her Liz - I was just checking to see if someone had put something on the boards about her.

I remember after watching her movie An Unmarried Woman in the late seventies - I took to wearing long white socks to bed as she did. I really enjoyed that movie.

It is very sad to see her go - she certainly showed courage.

Persey

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Purple **^*Sparkly*^** Diamond Report 6 Nov 2010 07:06

6 November 2010


Oscar-nominated actress Jill Clayburgh has died .
Jill Clayburgh the Oscar-nominated actress who starred on Broadway, TV and films including An Unmarried Woman and Dirty Sexy Money, has died.

She was 66.

Her husband, playwright David Rabe, said Clayburgh was surrounded by her family and brother when she died on Friday morning at her home in Lakeville, Connecticut., after a 21-year battle with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.


Rabe said his wife dealt with the disease courageously, quietly and privately.

Besides appearing in such movies as I'm Dancing As Fast As I Can, Silver Streak and Running With Scissors, Clayburgh's Broadway credits include Noel Coward's Design for Living, the original production of Tom Stoppard's Jumpers, and the Tony Award-winning musicals Pippin and The Rothschilds.

Clayburgh was also nominated for an Academy Award for Starting Over, a comedy about a divorced man, played by Burt Reynolds, who falls in love but can't get over his ex-wife.

She also appeared on TV shows including Dirty Sexy Money and was nominated for two Emmys - for best actress in 1975 for her work on Hustling, and for her guest turn on Nip/Tuck in 2005.

She is survived by three children, including actress Lily Rabe, Michael Rabe and stepson Jason Rabe.

Rabe said there will be no funeral. The family will have a memorial in about six months.


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Another sad loss, I liked her in films.


Rest in Peace, Jill