Did you know that Lily Rabe is Jill Clayburgh’s daughter? Well she is and she along with so many others are morning the loss of her extremely talented actress mother. You can learn all about Lily below, who is quite talented herself, as well as check out some pictures and a video too.
Lily Rabe is Jill Clayburgh’s daughter who will be taking some time off from her soon to be opened play THE MERCHANT OF VENICE due to her mothers death. Rabe is the lead in the play that was suppose to officially open tomorrow, Sunday November 7th. Although performances will go on with Rabe’s understudy as the lead the official opening has been pushed to November 15. Lily’s mother Jill lost her battle with cancer, leukemia, on Friday.
Other than she is the daughter of Clayburgh and playwright David Rabe what do we know about the beautiful Lily? Well despite having parents in show biz she did not always want to be an actress however as with so many children of those in the entertainment world acting was in her blood. She had talent and gift that couldn’t be ignored.
Although she was born in suburban New York Rabe attended The Hotchkiss School boarding school in Lakeville, CT. It was there that after spending much of her childhood as a ballerina that Rabe decided to give acting a shot and to her surprise she was quickly bitten by the acting bug. That ultimately led her to hone her skills in the extremely intense theater program at Northwestern. It was during those years that Lily also got the chance to work with mother at the Gloucester Stage Company in Massachusetts, where she landed a role in the play Closer that gave a a huge confidence boost at a time in her life when she desperately needed it.
It was only a couple of years after graduating college that Lily landed a role in the Broadway show Steal Magnolias which is where she really came into her own and proved she was just as talented as her mother. Along with appearing in many stage productions she has also appeared in films like No Reservations, Mona Lisa Smile and the upcoming All Good Things.
The amazingly talented Lily Rabe is Jill Clayburgh’s daughter. Our thoughts to go out ot Lily and the rest of her family at this time.
Photos: www.wenn.com/Joseph Marzullo
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