Jill Clayburgh’s Death – Cause and Date

The movie actress Jill Clayburgh died at the age of 66. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

She gave a sensitive performance in the 1978 dramatic comedy film An Unmarried Woman. She and the other cast members of Bridesmaids were nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture.

She decided to become an actress while attending Sarah Lawrence College.

She was named one of Hollywood’s Twenty-Five Greatest Actresses by Entertainment Weekly in 1999.

How did Jill Clayburgh die?

Jill Clayburgh, an Oscar-nominated actress known for portraying strong, independent women, died on Friday at her home in Lakeville, Conn. She was 66. The cause was chronic leukemia, with which she had lived for 21 years, her husband, the playwright David Rabe, said.

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"I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up."

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"A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, You've defined my entire life for me on the screen."

Jill Clayburgh

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"I came from dinner, went downtown with my friends, the elevator was down, I ran down the hall toward my room at 10 at night, having had two glasses of wine."

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"I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking."

Jill Clayburgh

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"Clothes are part of the character. They can't but help inform who you are."

Jill Clayburgh