''Sondra Locke'' Dies at 74 (Video)

By: Ahmed Yasser

CAIRO, Dec.15 (SEE)- Actress and director ''Sondra Locke'' who was best known for making six movies with Clint Eastwood, died on Friday at the age of 74, in Los Angeles.

Locke was born in 1944 as ''Sandra Louise Smith'' and raised in Shelbyville, ''Tenn''. She changed her named to Sondra in her early 20s and won a nationwide talent search in 1967.

She was nominated for an academy Award for best supporting actress for 1968's ''The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter''.

''Locke'' starred in ''Cover Me Babe'', ''Willard'', ''A Reflection of Fear'' and the ''Second Coming of Suzanne'' and took TV roles in 'the ''F.B.I,'' ''Cannon'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Kung Fu'', ''A Feast of Blood'' and "Gondola".

''Locke'' was best known for the six films she made with ''Clint Eastwood'' in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the Outlaw Josey Wales, Every Which Way But Loose and Sudden Impact. She and ''Eastwood'' also had a 13-year romantic relationship.

She underwent a double mastectomy in 1990. Her autobiography ''the Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly, a Hollywood Journey”, was published in 1997.

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