Jill Clayburgh
Jill Clayburgh (born
April 30,
1944) is an
American actress of stage, motion pictures, and television.
Clayburgh was born in
New York City to a
Jewish family. She attended
Sarah Lawrence College, where she decided that she wanted to be an actress. She later joined the Charles Street Repertory Theater in
Boston. She appeared in numerous
Broadway productions in the
1960s, including
The Rothschilds and
Pippin.
Her first major film role came in 1972 in
Portnoy's Complaint. She was nominated for the
Academy Award as Best Actress for
1978's
An Unmarried Woman, for which she won the "Best Actress Award" at the
Cannes Film Festival, and for 1979's
Starting Over. She also received strong notices for her performance in
I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, costarring
Geraldine Page.
Her other films include
Gable And Lombard (where she played the screen legend
Carole Lombard),
Silver Streak,
Semi-Tough,
It's My Turn and
First Monday in October.
Clayburgh received
Emmy Award nominations for her work in the made-for-television movie
Hustling in 1975 and for her guest appearance in the television series
Nip/Tuck in 2005. Jill also starred in the made-for-television movie
Crowned and Dangerous with
Yasmine Bleeth in 1997.
She has been married to screenwriter and playwright
David Rabe since 1979. They have one son and one daughter, actress
Lily Rabe. Some years ago she publicly admitted to having had an
abortion.
In 2006, she appeared on Broadway in
Neil Simon's
Barefoot in the Park with
Patrick Wilson (actor) and
Amanda Peet; she played Peet's mother, a role originated by the late
Mildred Natwick.
