Jill Clayburgh Net Worth

Jill Clayburgh's Quotes

• Topless is just topless. That's nothing. Why is it OK for men to go around topless when some of them have bigger boobs than many women?
• People think about me, "This wonderful lucky woman, she's got it all". But, gee, that's how I feel about Meryl Streep [New York Times interview, 1982].
• I guess people look at me and they think I'm a ladylike character, but it's not what I do best. I do best with characters who are coming apart at the seams.

Interesting Facts about Jill Clayburgh

1. Dated Al Pacino from 1967 to 1972.
2. Gave birth to her first child at age 38, a daughter Lily Rabe on June 29, 1982. Child's father is her husband, David Rabe.
3. Attended the prestigious Brearley School in Manhattan.
4. Mother, Julia Clayburgh, was a former theatrical production secretary to David Merrick. Father, Albert Clayburgh, was an industrial textiles salesman.
5. Returned to Broadway in 2005 co-starring with Richard Thomas in "A Naked Girl on the Appian Way", in which she played a television cooking show maven. She was also making plans to co-star in a Broadway revival of "Barefoot in the Park" that was scheduled for February, 2006.
6. During her independent woman film mold in the late 1970s, Jill turned down the role of Norma Rae (1979), which won Sally Field her first Oscar.
7. Stepmother of Jason Rabe.
8. Longtime friend of Jennifer Salt. They met at Sarah Lawrence College where both were students.
9. Was friends with Meryl Streep. They first met in their roles as mothers.
10. She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
11. The daughter of Albert and Julie Clayburgh, her father was an industrial textile salesman.
12. She was among the first generation of 70s actresses - including Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, Diane Keaton, Carrie Snodgress and Marsha Mason - who was known for portraying characters sprung from the New Age feminism era -- smart independent, capable, but often times neurotic. Jill's film decline coincided with the conservative Reagan administration and a loss of interest in the feminist movement.
13. Suffered from chronic leukemia for 21 years before her death in 2010.
14. Sister of Jim Clayburgh.
15. Graduated from Sarah Lawrence College in 1966 with a bachelor in theater.
16. Gave birth to her second child at age 41, a son Michael Rabe on July 13, 1985. Child's father is her husband, David Rabe.
17. She has no grave, upon her death she was cremated and her ashes are in the possession of family.
18. Jill's father was from a well-established Jewish family (from Germany, Portugal, and France), with roots in the United States going back to the 1700s. Jill's paternal great-great-great-grandfather, Major Benjamin Nones, fought in the American Revolution. Jill's mother had English, distant Welsh, and remote Dutch, ancestry.
19. Her first grandchild was born via daughter Lily Rabe in March 2017.
20. Daughter of Albert (1909-1997) and Julia (née Dorr) Clayburgh (1910-1975). Both were born and raised in the state of New York.