According to foreign media reports, 74-year-old actress Sandra Locke died. She was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for her debut film "Heart is a Lonely Hunter" and had a relationship with Clint Eastwood for nearly 14 years. The cause of her death was cardiac arrest due to breast and bone cancer, and the news of her death was confirmed on November 3, but it was not released in foreign media until December 16.
In her 1967 debut film, Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Sandra Locke vividly portrayed a sensitive 16-year-old girl. The film earned the 24-year-old an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress, as well as two Golden Globe nominations. In order to pass the selection of actresses, she lied about her age with the encouragement of a male friend and eventually got the role. In an interview, she once said of herself: "I was born shy. But beneath my fragile exterior, a certain part of my heart is always as hard as a stone. ”
Stills from "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter"
Since then, she has starred in movies such as "Baby Cover Me" and "Planet of the Apes". In 1975, while starring as the heroine of the Western Enforcer, she fell in love with the male protagonist Clint Eastwood. Since then, the two lovers have cooperated in five films in one breath, "Battle Book", "Never Bow Down", "Indomitable", "Golden Fist Showdown", and "Seeing the Sun in the Clouds". According to Sandra's subsequent interviews, she worked with Dongmu so many times "at The Request of Dongmu" that he wanted her to only star in the film with him.
Stills from The Book of War
Beginning in 1986, Sandra Locke turned to directing, directing films such as "Police Flower Chameleon" and "Exchange of Benefits", and has since acted in few acts. She has said that during the process of directing, Toki has repeatedly tried to interfere with her own creations.
Her relationship with Higashiki ended in 1989, when she had been diagnosed with cancer and began chemotherapy. In the interview, she has confided that she has had 2 abortions in those 14 years. Sandra, who has never met her father, calls Toki "Daddy" during her love affair.
After the two broke up, Sandra took Toki to court for the issue of alimony and fraud.