My Take
Sondra Locke fascinates me because she refused to remain a footnote in someone else's legend. Yes, she lit up The Gauntlet, Bronco Billy, and Sudden Impact with that fragile, watchful intensity, but what I admire is what came after: she took the director's chair and the pen, telling her own story on her own terms. A small-town Tennessee girl who clawed her way into Hollywood and then fought the industry that tried to erase her — that takes a rarer kind of courage than any screen role. When she passed in 2018, I felt cinema lost one of its quiet fighters.
Overview
Sandra Louise Anderson (née Smith; May 28, 1944 – November 3, 2018), professionally known as Sondra Locke, was an American actress and director. An alumna of Middle Tennessee State University, Locke broke into regional show business with assorted posts at the Nashville-based radio station WSM-AM, then segued into television as a promotions assistant for WSM-TV.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Sondra Locke
- Name (Japanese)
- ソンドラ・ロック
- Reading
- そんどら・ろっく
- Born
- May 28, 1944 – November 3, 2018
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Monkey
- Origin
- Shelbyville, Tennessee, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- singer / film director / autobiographer / film actor / director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Gauntlet | — | |
| Notable work | Bronco Billy | — | |
| Notable work | Sudden Impact | — |
6. Links
Singer — see all → · Film director — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.