---
name: "Sondra Locke"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sondra-locke"
fi1m_id: "sondra-locke"
imdb_id: "nm0516800"
tmdb_id: 66223
wikidata_id: "Q284166"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 May 1944"
died: "3 November 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T18:09:06.585198+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Sondra Locke

## Identity

Sondra Locke

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sondra-locke
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sondra-locke
- **IMDb ID:** nm0516800
- **TMDB ID:** 66223
- **Wikidata ID:** Q284166
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sondra_Locke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66223

Actor. Born 28 May 1944 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA. Died 3 November 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 May 1944, Shelbyville, Tennessee, USA
- **Died:** 3 November 2018
- **Active:** 1976–1983
- **Also known as:** Sandra Louise Smith, سوندرا لاک
- **Frequently works with:** [Clint Eastwood](https://film.one/person/clint-eastwood.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 58, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sondra_Locke, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q284166, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0516800/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/66223

## Biography

Sondra Locke was an American actress and director. She made her film debut in *The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter* (1968), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

From 1976 to 1983 she appeared in six films with Clint Eastwood, including *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976) as Laura Lee, *The Gauntlet* (1977), *Every Which Way but Loose* (1978), *Bronco Billy* (1980), *Any Which Way You Can* (1980) as Lynn Halsey-Taylor, and *Sudden Impact* (1983). She also directed four feature films. Locke was born Sandra Louise Smith on 28 May 1944 in Shelbyville, Tennessee, and died on 3 November 2018.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Sudden Impact* (1983), Fi1m 65, as Jennifer Spencer — [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)
- *Any Which Way You Can* (1980), Fi1m 50, as Lynn Halsey-Taylor — [page](https://film.one/film/any-which-way-you-can.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Bad Therapy* (2020), In Memory Of
- *Ray Meets Helen* (2018), as Helen · Executive Producer
- *Knock Knock* (2015), Executive Producer
- *L'album secret de Clint Eastwood* (2012), Actor
- *The Prophet's Game* (2000), as Adele Highsmith
- *The Clean and Narrow* (2000), as Betsy Brand
- *Trading Favors* (1997), Director
- *Amazing Stories: The Movie IV* (1995), as Vanessa Sullivan (archive footage)
- *Death in Small Doses* (1995), Director
- *Impulse* (1990), Director
- *Ratboy* (1986), as Nikki Morrison · Director
- *Vanessa in the Garden* (1985), as Vanessa Sullivan
- *Amazing Stories* (1985), series, as Vanessa Sullivan
- *Sudden Impact* (1983), as Jennifer Spencer — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/sudden-impact.md)
- *Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story* (1982), as Rosemary Clooney
- *Any Which Way You Can* (1980), as Lynn Halsey-Taylor — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/any-which-way-you-can.md)
- *Bronco Billy* (1980), as Antoinette Lily
- *Friendships, Secrets and Lies* (1979), as Jessie Dunne
- *Tales of the Unexpected* (1979), series, as Edna
- *Every Which Way but Loose* (1978), as Lynn Halsey-Taylor
- *The Gauntlet* (1977), as Gus Mally
- *The Shadow of Chikara* (1977), as Drusilla Wilcox
- *Death Game* (1977), as Agatha Jackson
- *The Outlaw Josey Wales* (1976), as Laura Lee
- *Joe Forrester* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Second Coming of Suzanne* (1974), as Suzanne
- *Planet of the Apes* (1974), series, as Amy
- *A Reflection of Fear* (1972), as Marguerite
- *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Gwyneth Jenkins
- *Cannon* (1971), series, Actor
- *Willard* (1971), as Joan Simms
- *Cover Me Babe* (1970), as Melisse
- *The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter* (1968), as Margaret "Mick" Kelly
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Regina Mason

## Gallery

- ![1969 publicity photo of Sondra Locke](https://film.one/media/person/3732145/gallery-e87d2d460903.jpg) 1969 publicity photo of Sondra Locke — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Sondra_Locke_1969.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Photo of Sondra Locke from the front cover of the Nashville Tennessean Sunday magazine (1967)](https://film.one/media/person/3732145/gallery-8726a33a329d.jpg) Photo of Sondra Locke from the front cover of the Nashville Tennessean Sunday magazine (1967) — Gerald Holly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Sondra_Locke_1967.jpg/1280px-Sondra_Locke_1967.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sondra Locke](https://film.one/media/person/3732145/gallery-85d51b7a33cc.jpg) Sondra Locke — Colin Dangaard, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Sondra_Locke_1976.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sondra Locke at a press conference in Burbank, July 1968](https://film.one/media/person/3732145/gallery-cb9d3f0a4272.jpg) Sondra Locke at a press conference in Burbank, July 1968 — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Sondra_Locke_1968_press_photo.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sondra Locke](https://film.one/media/person/3732145/gallery-7e66eb503863.jpg) Sondra Locke — Image via TMDB
- ![Sondra Locke](https://film.one/media/person/3732145/gallery-fbec0f9cd2f7.jpg) Sondra Locke — Image via TMDB
- ![Sondra Locke](https://film.one/media/person/3732145/gallery-b5c5dcbb59b8.jpg) Sondra Locke — Image via TMDB
- ![Sondra Locke attended a screening of Ray Meets Helen at Laemmle's Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills. Photo taken 5/6/18 at Locke's last public appearance. Locke was (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/3732145/gallery-60dfb37f0e63.jpg) Sondra Locke attended a screening of Ray Meets Helen at Laemmle's Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills. Photo taken 5/6/18 at Locke's last public appearance. Locke was (2018) — H.G. wednesday, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/One_of_the_last_photographs_of_Sondra_Locke.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Sondra Locke modeling apparel by Bobbie Brooks (1966)](https://film.one/media/person/3732145/gallery-b8c631b3ed7e.jpg) Sondra Locke modeling apparel by Bobbie Brooks (1966) — Terry Tomlin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Sondra_Locke_1966.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1969: Best Supporting Actress (nominated), for *The Heart is a Lonely Hunter*

### Other awards — 0 won, 2 nominated

- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress 1988: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (nominated), for *Ratboy*
- Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress 1981: Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress (nominated), for *Bronco Billy*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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