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Sondra Locke

1944 - 2018

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Sandra Louise Anderson (née Smith; May 28, 1944 – November 3, 2018), professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director. An alumna of Middle Tennessee State University, Locke broke into regional show business with assorted posts at the Nashville-based radio station WSM-AM, then segued into television as a promotions assistant for WSM-TV. She performed in the theater company Circle Players Inc. while employed at WSM. In 1968, she made her film debut in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and earned dual Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress and New Star of the Year. Locke went on to appear in such box-office successes as Willard (1971), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), The Gauntlet (1977), Every Which Way but Loose (1978), Bronco Billy (1980), Any Which Way You Can (1980), and Sudden Impact (1983). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sondra Locke is the 485th most popular actor (up from 783rd in 2019), the 1,029th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,417th in 2019) and the 254th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Sondra Locke ranks 485 out of 13,578. Before her are Kenneth Branagh, Emmanuelle Riva, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Harold Ramis, Walter Matthau, and Powers Boothe. After her are Linda Hamilton, Bradley Cooper, Melanie Griffith, Cuba Gooding Jr., Javier Bardem, and Heath Ledger.

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Among people born in 1944, Sondra Locke ranks 63. Before her are Jean-Pierre Léaud, Claudia Mori, Gennady Zyuganov, Rajiv Gandhi, Abdul Hamid, and Harold Ramis. After her are Gérard Mourou, Mairead Maguire, Bernhard Schlink, John Rhys-Davies, Thein Sein, and Princess Benedikte of Denmark. Among people deceased in 2018, Sondra Locke ranks 44. Before her are Arvid Carlsson, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Thomas A. Steitz, John Gavin, Aaron Klug, and Burt Reynolds. After her are Arto Paasilinna, V. S. Naipaul, Leon M. Lederman, Charles K. Kao, Bernard Lewis, and Paul Allen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sondra Locke ranks 1,029 out of 20,380. Before her are Wes Craven (1939), Harold Ramis (1944), Sam Peckinpah (1925), Walter Matthau (1920), Carl Barks (1901), and Powers Boothe (1948). After her are Ernest King (1878), Linda Hamilton (1956), Bradley Cooper (1975), Melanie Griffith (1957), Bob Beamon (1946), and Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Sondra Locke ranks 254. Before her are Bill Bixby (1934), Lillian Gish (1893), Karl Malden (1912), Harold Ramis (1944), Walter Matthau (1920), and Powers Boothe (1948). After her are Linda Hamilton (1956), Bradley Cooper (1975), Melanie Griffith (1957), Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968), Mark Hamill (1951), and Anne Baxter (1923).

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