Jill Clayburgh  Jill Clayburgh (April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010) was an American actress known for her work in theater, television, and cinema. She was a recipient of the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her breakthrough role in Paul Mazursky's comedy-drama "An Unmarried Woman" (1978). She also received a second consecutive Academy Award nomination for "Starting Over" (1979) as well as four Golden Globe nominations for her film performances. Clayburgh was born in New York City, the daughter of Julia Louise (née Dorr; 1910–1975), an actress and theatrical production secretary for producer David Merrick, and Albert Henry "Bill" Clayburgh, a manufacturing executive. Her paternal grandmother was concert and opera singer Alma Lachenbruch Clayburgh. Her mother was Protestant and her father was Jewish, though she reportedly never talked about her religious background and was raised in no faith. Clayburgh never got along with her parents and began therapy at an early age: "I was very rebellious as a teenager, aside from having an unhappy, neurotic childhood. But I just can't go into it. I think I had a lot of energy and undirected need so I just kind of rebelled in a general fashion. I got myself in terrible, very personal trouble. Therapy has helped me a lot in my life." As a child, Clayburgh was inspired to become an actor when she saw Jean Arthur as "Peter Pan" on Broadway in 1950. She was raised on Manhattan's Upper East Side, where she attended the all-girls Brearley School. She then attended Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied religion, philosophy and literature, but ultimately decided to be an actress. She received her acting training at HB Studio. Clayburgh began acting as a student in summer stock and, after graduating, joined the Charles Street Repertory Theater in Boston, where she met another up-and-coming actor and future Academy Award-winning star, Al Pacino, in 1967. They met after starring in Jean-Claude Van Itallie's play "America, Hurrah". They had a five-year romance and moved back together to New York City. In 1968, Clayburgh debuted off-Broadway in the double bill of Israel Horovitz's "The Indian Wants the Bronx" and "It's Called the Sugar Plum", also starring Pacino. Clayburgh and Pacino were cast in "Deadly Circle of Violence", an episode of the ABC television series "NYPD", premiering November 12, 1968.