Jill Clayburgh
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Jill Clayburgh : Role - Letitia van Kirk Darling
Birthday : 30 April 1944
Birth Place : New York City, US
Birth Name : Jill Clayburgh
Height : 5′8″
Gender : Female
Recent Role : Letitia van Kirk Darling on Dirty Sexy Money
Jill Clayburgh was born on 30 April 1944 in the New York City, U.S.A. She is the daughter of a manufacturing executive Albert Henry “Bill” Clayburgh and Julia (nee Dorr), a theatrical production secretary with David Merrick. She was raised in an upper class family in Manhattan’s Upper East Side. She was a student at the Brearley School and the Sarah Lawrence College.
She is the wife of David Rabe, a screenwriter and a playwright, whom she married in 1979. She is the mother of the actress Lily Rabe and also has a son named Michael.
She wanted to pursue her career in acting from the days when she was studying at the Sarah Lawrence College. She joined the Charles Street Repertory Theatre, Boston. She also appeared in Broadway plays like ‘The Rothschilds’ and ‘Pippin‘ during 1960’s. She has also performed in Broadway production of ‘Barefoot in the Park’ in 2006.
She appeared in a film for the first time in ‘The Wedding Party’, which was filmed in 1963 but was released after six years. She drew much attention of the viewers for her roles in ‘Silver Steak’, ‘An Unmarried Woman’, ‘Starting Over’ and in ‘I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can’. On one hand, she acted as a mathematician in ‘It’s My Turn’ and on the other hand, she acted as a conservative Supreme court Justice in ‘First Monday in October’.
Her film ‘La Luna’ was surrounded by controversies for the scene in which her character in the film masturbates her son to help him out from the addition of heroin. She has also acted as “Carole Lombard” (the screen legend) in ‘Gable and Lombard’. She has also appeared in the films ‘Portnoy’s Complaint’ and ‘Semi-Tough’.
On television, she has played parts in ‘The Practice’, ‘Hustling‘, ‘Nip/Tuck’ and ‘Dirty Sexy Money’. Her other acting venture includes her role in ‘Running with Scissors’.
She was nominated for the Oscar Award as the Best Actress in a Leading Role in ‘Starting Over’ in 1980 and for ‘An Unmarried Woman‘ in 1979.
She earned the nomination for the Golden Globes Award for the Best Motion Picture Actress-Comedy/Musical for ‘Starting Over’ in 1980 and for ‘First Monday in October’ in 1982. She was also nominated for the same award in the category of the Best Motion Picture Actress-Drama for ‘An Unmarried Woman’ in 1979 and for ‘La Luna’ in 1980.
She was a nominee for the Emmy Award for the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Special Program-Drama or Comedy for ‘Hustling’ in 1975 and for the Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for ‘Nip/Tuck’ in 2005.
She won the Golden Apple Award for Female Star of the Year in 1979. She was also nominated for various other awards in vivid categories and has won many of them.
Role in Dirty Sexy Money
Jill Clayburgh plays “Letitia van Kirk Darling” in ‘Dirty Sexy Money’ tv show. She is the wife of “Patrick ‘Tripp’ Darling” and co-runs the family business, Darling Enterprises. She is the mother of five children.
