After starring in Willard (1971), about a boy who trains rats, she directed and starred in Ratboy (1986), about a boy who is half rat.
Attended Middle Tennessee State University from 1962 to 1963. Did not graduate.
Breast cancer survivor.
Co-starred with boyfriend Clint Eastwood in six films: Any Which Way You Can (1980), Bronco Billy (1980), Every Which Way But Loose (1978), The Gauntlet (1977), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) and Sudden Impact (1983).
Former partner of Clint Eastwood (1975-1989). They never married.
Has one younger maternal half brother named Don Locke (born 1946), whose wife's name is Teri.
In February 2001, Locke purchased a large, six-bedroom home in the Hollywood Hills, an affluent and exclusive neighborhood of Los Angeles, California in the southeastern Santa Monica Mountains.
Parents: Pauline Locke (née Bayne; pencil factory worker) and Raymond Smith (military man).
Valedictorian of the Shelbyville Central High class of 1962.