Oscar-nominated actress Sondra Locke has died at the age of 74, following a battle with cancer.
The actress was best known for her roles opposite former partner Clint Eastwood in a number of films.
The Associated Press reports that Locke passed away from a cardiac arrest arising from cancer on November 3, but that her death was first reported by entertainment website Radar Online on December 13.
Locke was Oscar-nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her first role opposite Alan Arkin in the 1968 film The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, the story of the friendship between a deaf man and a teenage girl.
She was also nominated for Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actress and Most Promising Newcomer.
Locke's on-screen partnership with Eastwood began with the 1976 Western classic The Outlaw Josey Wales.
She would go on to star opposite him in Every Which Way But Loose and its sequel, Any Which Way You Can; The Gauntlet, Bronco Billy and Sudden Impact.
Their relationship off-camera lasted 13 years.
Their acrimonious split in 1989 saw her suing him for palimony and later for what she claimed was a sham film development deal. Both lawsuits were settled out of court.
In 1997 she released a memoir entitled The Good, the Bad and the Very Ugly.
Locke's other credits included the films Ratboy (director and star), Impulse and Trading Favours (both as director).
In television she played the lead role in Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story, directed the film Death in Small Doses and appeared in such series as Kung Fu, Planet of the Apes and Barnaby Jones.
Born Sandra Louise Smith in Shelbyville, Tennessee in 1944, she studied drama at college before getting her big break in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter.
Her final screen credit was opposite Keith Carradine in the 2017 film Ray Meets Helen.
