Jill Clayburgh (born April 30, 1944) is an
American actress.
Personal life
Clayburgh was born in
New York City, the daughter of Julia Louise (
née Dorr), a theatrical production secretary for
David Merrick, and Albert Henry "Bill" Clayburgh, a manufacturing executive.
[PAW | Albert H. Clayburgh '31][Jill Clayburgh Biography (1944-)][Jill Clayburgh Biography - Yahoo! Movies] Clayburgh's father's family was
Jewish and
upper class;
she was raised in a "fashionable" neighborhood on
Manhattan's
Upper East Side, where she attended the prestigious
Brearley School.
She attended
Sarah Lawrence College, where she decided that she wanted to be an actress.
