Jill Clayburgh

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Jill Clayburgh (born April 30, 1944) is an American actress of stage, motion pictures, and television. Clayburgh was born in New York City to Julia (née Dorr), a theatrical production secretary for David Merrick, and Albert Henry "Bill" Clayburgh, a manufacturing executive. Clayburgh's family was Jewish and upper class; she was raised in a "fashionable" neighborhood on Manhattan's Upper East Side. She attended Sarah Lawrence College, where she decided that she wanted to be an actress. Clayburgh has been married to screenwriter and playwright David Rabe since 1979. They have one son and one daughter, actress Lily Rabe. Clayburgh joined the Charles Street Repertory Theater in Boston. She appeared in numerous Broadway productions in the 1960s, including The Rothschilds and Pippin. Clayburgh made her screen debut in The Wedding Party, filmed in 1963 but not released until six years later, and gained attention with roles such as that of Gene Wilder's love interest in the 1976 comedy-mystery Silver Streak, co-starring Richard Pryor. 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, a comedy with Burt Reynolds. She also received strong notices for a dramatic performance in I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (which co-starred Geraldine Page). Her other films include Portnoy's Complaint, Gable and Lombard (in which she portrayed screen legend Carole

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