“It was a part that I did well, and suddenly people wanted me. Sidney Furie saw me, and wanted me for Gable and Lombard.”
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Jill Clayburgh
Jill Clayburgh was an American actress known for her work in theater, television, and cinema. She received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in Paul Mazursky's comedy drama An Unmarried Woman (1978). She received a second consecutive Academy Award nomination for Starting Over (1979) as well as four Gol…
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entertainment · American actress (1944–2010) · character actor · stage actor · television actor · film actor · musical theatre actor · actor · musician · also Jill Clayburgh, Clayburgh
Born 30 April 1944 · Died 5 November 2010 · Q230665
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2026· 2 entries
Public attention spiked: 32,559 Wikipedia readers in one day, 36.1× the usual 902, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Early life Replaced hyphen in range of years with an endash.
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2010· 8 entries
CBS News: Broadway Honors The Late Jill Clayburgh
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BroadwayWorld: Jill Clayburgh & Lily Rabe attending 'FESTEN' - 4/9/2006 Photo
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BroadwayWorld: Jill Clayburgh, Patrick Wilson, Amanda Peet and Tony Roberts on the Opening Night 'BAREFOOT IN THE PARK'- 2/16/2006 Photo
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Los Angeles Times: Actress Jill Clayburgh dies of leukemia at 66
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Reuters: Actress Jill Clayburgh dies at age 66
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Oscar-nominated actress Jill Clayburgh dies at 66
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After privately battling chronic lymphocytic leukemia for more than 20 years
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Died 2010-11-05.
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2006· 1 entry
Appeared on Broadway in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park with Patrick Wilson and Amanda Peet; she played Peet's mother, a role originated by Mildred Natwick
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2001· 1 entry
Appeared in Falling and had a semi-recurring role on Ally McBeal as Ally's mother and on The Practice, before becoming a regular in another short-lived show, Leap of Faith (2002)
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1991· 1 entry
Clayburgh earned decent reviews for her role as English actress and singer Jill Ireland in the television biopic Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991), which detailed Ireland's struggle to beat cancer and to h
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1987· 1 entry
When she drew praise for portraying a shallow, sophisticated Manhattan magazine writer in Andrei Konchalovsky's little-seen independent film Shy People; although the film flopped, this was her most substantial film role
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1984· 1 entry
Signed a letter protesting West German arms sales to Saudi Arabia
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1980· 1 entry
Was cast opposite Michael Douglas in a romantic comedy, It's My Turn, in which she teaches the proof of the snake lemma
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1979· 1 entry
Clayburgh had a career peak after starring in two movies that garnered her widespread acclaim
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1978· 1 entry
When she received the first of her two Academy Award for Best Actress nominations for Paul Mazursky's An Unmarried Woman
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1977· 1 entry
Had another hit with Semi-Tough, a comedy set in the world of American professional football, which also starred Burt Reynolds and Kris Kristofferson
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1976· 2 entries
(Season 1, Episode 15) with musical guest, Leon Redbone
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Had her first big box office success playing the love interest of Gene Wilder's character in the comedy-mystery Silver Streak, also starring Richard Pryor
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1969· 2 entries
Starred in an off-Broadway production of the Henry Bloomstein play Calling in Crazy, at the Andy Warhol-owned Fortune theatre
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Clayburgh made her screen debut in The Wedding Party, written and directed by Brian De Palma
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1968· 2 entries
In The Sudden and Accidental Re-Education of Horse Johnson, co-starring Jack Klugman, which ran for five performances
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Clayburgh debuted off-Broadway in the double bill of Israel Horovitz's The Indian Wants the Bronx and It's Called the Sugar Plum, also starring Pacino
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1963· 1 entry
(during which Clayburgh was at Sarah Lawrence) but not released until six years later
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1944· 1 entry
Born 1944-04-30.
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