She Wasn’t a Family Person
Locke then went on to Middle Tennessee State University on a full scholarship, majoring in drama, and appeared onstage in “Life with Father and The Crucible.” But she didn’t last long in university; she dropped out after completing two semesters. It was around then, in 1963, that Locke broke off contact with her family.
Sondra Locke. Photo By Warner Bros/Kobal/Shutterstock
In her opinion, “It made no sense for any of us to spend our lives pretending to have relationships that did not really exist.” She wasn’t close with her family at all. She never knew her biological father, didn’t go to the funerals of her mother (who died in 1997) or her stepfather (who died in 2007). She also had nothing to do with her half-brother, sister-in-law and their three nieces.