Biography for
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Date of Birth

30 October 1936, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Date of Death

28 March 2011, West Hollywood, California, USA (Parkinson's Disease)

Birth Name

Claire Bradley Griswold

Spouse

Sydney Pollack

(22 September 1958 - 26 May 2008) (his death) 3 children

Trivia

One of only two or three actresses seriously considered by Alfred Hitchcock for the lead role in Marnie (1964), should Tippi Hedren not work out for some reason. However, at the end of 1963, she instead retired from acting to be a full-time mother to the children she bore by husband Sydney Pollack.

Sister-in-law of Bernie Pollack.

Mother of Rachel Pollack Sorman, Rebecca Pollack Parker and Steven Pollack. Steven died in a plane crash in 1993.

Was an acting student of her future husband, Sydney Pollack.

Mother-in-law of Hutch Parker.