Actress Jill Clayburgh Dies

The two time Oscar nominee Jill Clayburgh died Friday following a chronic leukemia, the New York Times. The 66-year struggle with the disease for more than two decades.

Clayburgh played matriarch Leticia Darling in Dirty Sexy Money, "the ABC series that aired for two seasons and ended last year. Fox also repeated on "Ally McBeal" as Ally's mother, Jeannie, and appeared in episodes of "Frasier," "The Practice" and "Nip / Tuck," but was best known for his films and his stage career.

She began her career with films and on Broadway in the 1960s and was nominated for an Oscar for his depictions of a New Yorker whose husband leaves her in "A free woman" and a teacher who begins a relationship with a recently divorced man in "Starting Over."

Clayburgh was seen in the drama "Love and Other Drugs", starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway, opening November 24.

Jill Clayburg dies at age 66, Lily Rabe Not To "The Merchant of Venice"

"The Merchant of Venice" The Broadway Theatre, Shakespeare has been put on hold by Lily Rabe until November 15 because of the death of his mother, Jill Clayburgh. Clayburgh death was November 5.

Rabe is naturally very upset and can not perform on opening night, which was scheduled for November 7, will not happen is the opening night of the night to help Rabe and full understanding of their losses.

Rabe plays the main role of Portia in what is considered one of the best works of Shakespeare. The play opens Nov. 15 at the Broadhurst Theatre Broadway Theatre. Al Pacino plays Shylock in this production.

Lily Rabe

There is bad news for fans of Jill Clayburgh and bad news is that the actress died recently. She died when she was sixty, she was a very talented actress and she jumped into the theater world in the 1960s. The world has recognized his talent as an actress. Many people do not really know about the illness of Jill, but many people actually learned that when her daughter Lily Rabe missed his performance in the current Broadway production. In Merchant of Venice stars Lily Rabe cooperation with two other actors Al Pacino and Portia, who missed the performance due to illness of Jill Clayburgh is why Lily Rabe stayed with his mother and not be executed.