A woman came up to me after one of the screenings with tears pouring down her face and sobbed, You've defined my entire life for me on the screen.

She appeared in numerous Broadway productions in the 1960s and 1970s including The Rothschilds and Pippin. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles in An Unmarried Woman (1978) and Starting Over (1979). Death
Clayburgh had chronic lymphocytic leukemia for more than 20 years before dying from the disease at her home in Lakeville Connecticut on November 5 2010.

Jill Clayburgh (April 30 1944 – November 5 2010) was an American actress. She received Academy Award nominations for her roles in An Unmarried Woman (1978) and Starting Over (1979).