I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing it, and having those thoughts that she's thinking.

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).