Want to know the best Jill Clayburgh movies? How about the worst Jill Clayburgh movies? Curious about Jill Clayburgh box office grosses or which Jill Clayburgh movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Jill Clayburgh movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Jill Clayburgh (1944-2010) was an Oscar® nominated American actress. Clayburgh was known for her work in theater, television, and cinema. Her IMDb page shows 71 acting credits from 1951 to 2011. This page will rank Jill Clayburgh movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. To do well in our overall rankings a movie has to do well at the box office, get good reviews by critics, be liked by audiences, and get some award recognition.
Jill Clayburgh Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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| 2011 | Bridesmaids (2011) |  |
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| 1976 | Silver Streak (1976) |  |
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| 1977 | Semi-Tough (1977) | |
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| 1978 | An Unmarried Woman (1978) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Nom |
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| 1979 | Starting Over (1979) AA Best Actress Nom |
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| 1976 | Gable and Lombard (1976) |  |
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| 1980 | It's My Turn (1980) | |
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| 1981 | First Monday in October (1981) | |
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| 1997 | Fools Rush in (1997) | |
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| 2010 | Love & Other Drugs (2010) | |
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| 1987 | Shy People (1987) | |
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| 1979 | Luna (1979) | |
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| 1972 | Portnoy's Complaint (1972) | |
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| 1973 | The Thief Who Came To Dinner (1973) |  |
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| 1992 | Rich in Love (1992) | |
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| 1983 | Hanna K. (1983) | |
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| 1992 | Whispers in the Dark (1992) | |
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| 1990 | Beyond The Ocean (1990) Film Festival Circuit Only |
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| 1982 | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982) | |
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| 1997 | Going All the Way (1997) | |
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| 1974 | The Terminal Man (1974) | |
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| 2001 | Never Again (2001) | |
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| 2006 | Running with Scissors (2006) | |
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| 1986 | Where Are the Children? (1986) |  |
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| 1993 | Naked in New York (1993) |  |
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| 1969 | The Wedding Party (1969) |  |
Jill Clayburgh Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies any way you want.
- Sort Jill Clayburgh movies by her co-stars
- Sort Jill Clayburgh movies by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Jill Clayburgh movies by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Jill Clayburgh movies by how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Jill Clayburgh movie received.
- Sort Jill Clayburgh movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 1 | Bridesmaids (2011) | Melissa McCarthy & Kristen Wiig |
169.10 | 229.9 | 392.00 | 14 | 83 | 02 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 2 | Silver Streak (1976) | Richard Pryor & Gene Wilder |
51.10 | 258.5 | 258.50 | 11 | 78 | 01 / 00 | 97.3 | |
| 3 | Semi-Tough (1977) | Burt Reynolds & Kris Kristofferson |
61.60 | 298.0 | 298.00 | 7 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 4 | An Unmarried Woman (1978) AA Best Picture Nom AA Best Actress Nom |
Alan Bates | 34.70 | 159.9 | 159.90 | 16 | 72 | 03 / 00 | 94.5 | |
| 5 | Starting Over (1979) AA Best Actress Nom |
Candice Bergen & Burt Reynolds |
35.60 | 153.1 | 153.10 | 24 | 63 | 02 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 7 | Gable and Lombard (1976) | James Brolin | 18.30 | 92.7 | 92.70 | 36 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 64.0 | |
| 6 | It's My Turn (1980) | Michael Douglas | 13.60 | 56.4 | 56.40 | 58 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 63.3 | |
| 8 | First Monday in October (1981) | Walter Matthau & Barnard Hughes |
12.50 | 48.4 | 48.40 | 64 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 60.0 | |
| 11 | Fools Rush in (1997) | Matthew Perry & Salma Hayek |
29.50 | 69.2 | 69.20 | 68 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 55.9 | |
| 10 | Love & Other Drugs (2010) | Jake Gyllenhaal & Anne Hathaway |
32.40 | 44.2 | 140.50 | 90 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 55.8 | |
| 9 | Shy People (1987) | Barbara Hershey | 0.80 | 2.1 | 2.10 | 191 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 53.8 | |
| 12 | Luna (1979) | Matthew Barry | 2.60 | 11.3 | 11.30 | 96 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 51.5 | |
| 13 | Portnoy's Complaint (1972) | Richard Benjamin & Karen Black |
9.40 | 59.6 | 59.60 | 42 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 50.0 | |
| 14 | The Thief Who Came To Dinner (1973) | Jacqueline Bisset & Ryan O'Neal |
5.30 | 32.3 | 32.30 | 62 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 47.9 | |
| 15 | Rich in Love (1992) | Albert Finney & Ethan Hawke |
2.10 | 5.6 | 5.60 | 147 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 43.6 | |
| 16 | Hanna K. (1983) | Gabriel Byrne | 0.10 | 0.5 | 0.50 | 157 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.6 | |
| 18 | Whispers in the Dark (1992) | Alan Alda & John Leguizamo |
11.10 | 28.9 | 28.90 | 93 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 40.4 | |
| 17 | Beyond The Ocean (1990) Film Festival Circuit Only |
Ben Gazzara | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 257 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 40.0 | |
| 17 | I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982) | Nicol Williamson | 0.30 | 1.1 | 1.10 | 149 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 38.5 | |
| 19 | Going All the Way (1997) | Jeremy Davies & Ben Affleck |
0.10 | 0.3 | 0.30 | 248 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 36.1 | |
| 20 | The Terminal Man (1974) | George Segal | 2.40 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 101 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 34.9 | |
| 21 | Never Again (2001) | Peter Dinklage | 0.30 | 0.6 | 0.60 | 245 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 33.6 | |
| 22 | Running with Scissors (2006) | Annette Bening & Alec Baldwin |
7.00 | 11.5 | 14.50 | 177 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 30.2 | |
| 24 | Where Are the Children? (1986) | Frederic Forrest | 3.10 | 9.0 | 9.00 | 127 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 26.8 | |
| 24 | Naked in New York (1993) | Tony Curtis & Kathleen Turner |
1.00 | 2.7 | 2.70 | 184 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 16.2 | |
| 26 | The Wedding Party (1969) | Robert DeNiro | 0.40 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 167 | 44 | 00 / 00 | 7.7 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Jill Clayburgh
1. Jill Clayburgh was born in New York City, New York in 1944.
2. Jill Clayburgh began acting as a student in summer stock and, after graduating, joined the Charles Street Repertory Theater in Boston, where she met another up-and-coming actor and future Academy Award®-winning star, Al Pacino, in 1967. They met after starring in Jean-Claude Van Itallie’s play America, Hurrah. They had a five-year romance and moved back together to New York City.
3. Jill Clayburgh attracted attention when she appeared in the Broadway musical The Rothschilds (1970–72) which ran for 502 performances. She then went on to play Desdemona opposite James Earl Jones in the 1971 production of Othello in Los Angeles, and had another Broadway success with Pippin (1972–75), which ran for 1944 performances.
4. Jill Clayburgh was among the first generation of 70s actresses – including Jane Fonda, Ellen Burstyn, Diane Keaton, Carrie Snodgress and Marsha Mason – who was known for portraying characters sprung from the New Age feminism era — smart independent, capable, but often times neurotic.
5. Ironically, Jill Clayburgh died from the same disease as a character she played in the 1976 movie Griffin and Phoenix. “Sarah Phoenix has got terminal leukemia”.
Check out Jill Clayburgh’s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Hello everybody,
Hope your all fine, a page on a actress who is for me Is in the 1970 years but she was never a big star, not in France, but she had a great succes with the film with Gene Wilder
Silver Streak but after that Pfttt…..and for me one of her bad choice was Gable and Lombard..
It is a long time, in the main time to day no productions, no festivals, no theaters opens, no box office…
I hope everything will be better and come back very Soon…..
See you
Pierre
Hey Pierre. Good to hear from you. I agree with you and how she is associated with the 1970s…5 of her Top 7 movies are from the 1970s. Starting Over and Unmarried Woman were pretty successful here in the States….but from 1982 to her passing things were not too stellar. I like you hope things get back to normal soon. Good stuff as always.
P.S. Can you e-mail me at cogersonmoviescore@gmail.com?
No mention of her daughter Lily Rabe, one of the revolving cast of American Horror Story anthologies.
Jill Clayburgh is one of those actresses like Sissy Spacek or Jessica Lange whose pictures I avoided like the plague back in my early days of filmgoing. I caught up with their classics (snicker) in later years on TV.
Jill was never on the Oracle of Bacon lists. These are the actors on the 2020 list she has appeared with.
7 ROBERT DE NIRO The Wedding Party (1969)
52 NED BEATTY Silver Streak (1976)
52 NED BEATTY The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
61 BURT REYNOLDS Semi-Tough (1977)
61 BURT REYNOLDS Starting Over (1979)
68 JOHN CARRADINE Portnoy’s Complaint (1972)
94 BRIAN COX Running with Scissors (2006)
103 GABRIEL BYRNE Hanna K. (1983)
121 WHOOPI GOLDBERG Naked in New York (1993)
141 CANDICE BERGEN Starting Over (1979)
165 JACQUELINE BISSET The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
167 KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Semi-Tough (1977)
175 GEORGE SEGAL The Terminal Man (1974)
194 CHARLES DURNING Starting Over (1979)
206 MICHAEL DOUGLAS It’s My Turn (1980)
217 WALLACE SHAWN Starting Over (1979)
226 ALEC BALDWIN Running with Scissors (2006)
249 TREAT WILLIAMS Beyond the Ocean (1990)
255 TOMAS MILIAN Fools Rush In (1997)
255 TOMAS MILIAN Luna (1979)
274 DAN HEDAYA I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
280 AUSTIN PENDLETON Starting Over (1979)
280 AUSTIN PENDLETON The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
309 JOHN LEGUIZAMO Whispers in the Dark (1992)
323 BRIAN DENNEHY Semi-Tough (1977)
326 ALBERT FINNEY Rich in Love (1993)
382 JUDY GREER LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (2010)
386 PAUL GUILFOYLE (II) Naked in New York (1993)
392 KAREN BLACK Portnoy’s Complaint (1972)
412 RICHARD RIEHLE Bridesmaids (2011)
417 VINCENT SCHIAVELLI An Unmarried Woman (1978)
436 BARBARA HERSHEY Shy People (1987)
440 SALMA HAYEK Fools Rush In (1997)
444 MICHAEL MURPHY An Unmarried Woman (1978)
444 MICHAEL MURPHY The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
445 JAMES GAMMON It’s My Turn (1980)
449 MICHAEL MCKEAN Never Again (2001)
461 JEFFREY TAMBOR Never Again (2001)
473 TONY CURTIS Naked in New York (1993)
486 JOHN LITHGOW I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
519 JAMES BROLIN Gable and Lombard (1976)
528 ERIC STOLTZ Naked in New York (1993)
538 HANK AZARIA LOVE & OTHER DRUGS (2010)
539 ALAN BATES An Unmarried Woman (1978)
546 KEVIN BACON Starting Over (1979)
557 LUIS GUZMAN Naked in New York (1993)
570 BEN AFFLECK Going All the Way (1997)
574 CHARLES S. DUTTON PRETTY HATTIE’S BABY (1991)
590 ETHAN HAWKE Rich in Love (1993)
621 COLLEEN CAMP Naked in New York (1993)
621 COLLEEN CAMP Running with Scissors (2006)
630 CLIFTON JAMES Silver Streak (1976)
630 CLIFTON JAMES Where Are the Children? (1986)
645 ROSE BYRNE BRIDESMAIDS (2011/I)
651 PRUITT TAYLOR VANCE Shy People (1987)
657 RICHARD MASUR I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
657 RICHARD MASUR Semi-Tough (1977)
662 LESLEY ANNE WARREN Going All the Way (1997)
676 JAY O. SANDERS Starting Over (1979)
683 ALLEN GARFIELD Gable and Lombard (1976)
686 ROSCOE LEE BROWNE Naked in New York (1993)
689 GWYNETH PALTROW Running with Scissors (2006)
698 TIMOTHY DALTON Naked in New York (1993)
701 KYLE MACLACHLAN RICH IN LOVE (1992)
719 WALTER MATTHAU First Monday in October (1981)
729 MATT CLARK The Terminal Man (1974)
730 VICTOR ARGO The Terminal Man (1974)
754 RYAN O’NEAL The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
762 ANNETTE BENING Running with Scissors (2006)
781 WARREN OATES The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
798 DIANNE WIEST I’M DANCING AS FAST AS I CAN (1982)
798 DIANNE WIEST IT’S MY TURN (1980)
814 PETER RIEGERT Beyond the Ocean (1990)
832 GRIFFIN DUNNE NAKED IN NEW YORK (1993)
881 RACHEL WEISZ Going All the Way (1997)
909 NICOL WILLIAMSON I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
917 PIPER LAURIE Rich in Love (1993)
956 LEE GRANT Portnoy’s Complaint (1972)
970 RON SILVER (I) SEMI-TOUGH (1977)
985 DONALD MOFFAT The Terminal Man (1974)
987 MARY KAY PLACE STARTING OVER (1979)
993 FREDERIC FORREST Where Are the Children? (1986)
1000 FRED WILLARD SILVER STREAK (1976)
Jill appeared with 11 Oscar winners.
DIANNE WIEST I’M DANCING AS FAST AS I CAN (1982)
DIANNE WIEST IT’S MY TURN (1980)
GERALDINE PAGE I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
GWYNETH PALTROW Running with Scissors (2006)
JOE PESCI I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982)
LEE GRANT Portnoy’s Complaint (1972)
MICHAEL DOUGLAS It’s My Turn (1980)
RACHEL WEISZ Going All the Way (1997)
RED BUTTONS Gable and Lombard (1976)
ROBERT DE NIRO The Wedding Party (1969)
WALTER MATTHAU First Monday in October (1981)
WHOOPI GOLDBERG Naked in New York (1993)
I went to Gable and Lombard back then, probably the first Jill flic I saw,
Hey Dan. As always thanks for putting these lists together. I am not too aware of Lily Rabe. I will have to do some research on her, if nothing else to connect the dots between Jill and Lily. Looking at the first list, there are lots of “doubles” but I think Burt Reynolds is the most famous of that group. Back to back 11 Oscar winning co-stars. I really like the comparison of Clayburgh and Sissy Spacey. Good stuff.
Strangely for once in profiling Jill The Work Horse has ignored his idol’s normally definitive opinions so it is now up to another of Joel’s disciples with privy to The Master’s inner sanctum to step up to the plate:
“Her talent for drama and comedy is one of the keys to her success but her physical appearance in even more significant. Clayburgh is pretty enough to be an attractive housewife, to invite female identification, and yet not pretty enough to be a threat. ———-Clayburgh was not only adequate but brilliant in An Unmarried Woman.”
Says it all doesn’t it? – sadly though the rest of us are probably incapable of even NOTICING or THINKING the things that HE articulates so well.
Hey Bob….thanks for sharing the wise words of Joel. I wrote this page first, but then quickly jumped to the Taye Diggs page. I agree with his breakdown too. So all three of us in accord…that does not happen much.
The Bob , LOL. thanks for the laughs.
HI BIG BOB
As you can see Joel was very kind to Jill. Indeed whilst he didn’t like Jane Russell for example and he wasn’t impressed with the acting of Elvis [few critics were] the only thespian that I can recall Hirsch getting the boot into in a really big way on a PERSONAL level was poor Brando.
However The Work Horse being a teacher seems determined to make us read a lot more of Joel’s stuff for “homework” so we may come across some other poor performer in the future whom Joel has left bloodied and broken. Marlon was big enough to survive the onslaught but there are not too many thespians who coulld survive The Curse of The Master!
Keep safe.
Hey Bob….glad you are doing your Hirschhorn homework….when teaching….it makes it all seem worthwhile when you see your students understanding the lessons….Joel and I are very happy with your progress…lol.
Celebrity Net Worth site quotes Jill’s net worth at the time of her 2010 death as $4 million which is equivalent to $4.6 million today. IMDB credits herewith 2 acting awards and 17 nominations.
My favourite Clayburgh roles are those in Whispers in the Dark and Starting Over. I first came across her in a 1974 episode of television’s The Rockford Files called The Big Rip-off; and my last experience of her was a voice contribution to a 1998 episode to TV’s Frasier called The Perfect Guy.
That is one of my very favourite Frasier episodes and it has become more-relevant a tag ever since I came across Bruce Cogerson and his mentor Joel Hirschhorn.
The trivia above is very solid and entertaining. Jill’s haul of awards/noms and her net worth are not very significant by today’s yardsticks; but she does enjoy the equivalent of the British monarchy’s Royal Seal of Approval by being awarded a positive entry on page 84 of The Master’s 1983 Bible – see Part 2
Hey Bob….thanks for checking out our latest page. Good information on her awards, net worth, and television work. Glad she made contributions to two of your favorite shows. I have not seen Whispers in the Dark, but I really enjoyed her work in Starting Over. Always makes me smile when you are positively mentioning Joel. I do believe that is two pages in a row you have agreed on. Good stuff.
Mr. Cogerson, MOS teacher in Technology,
Sounds great, you should be very proud.
Excellent job.
Typo-
Please change Ali MacGraw to Jill Clayburgh on Line to campared to current……
Mike
Hey Mike. It took awhile but your requested Jill Clayburgh Page is complete. Thanks for the kudos for my teaching titles….it was a rough 4 months…..looking forward to a relaxing summer vacation. It starts at 11:00 AM when our end of the year online facility meeting ends on Friday. Ali is no longer making an appearance on the page. Thanks for the heads up.