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barbara loden in 1958 . 5 september 1980 new york city , new york , u.s. 2 marion , north carolina , u.s. 180px 8 july 1932 elia joachim -lrb- divorced -rrb- kazan -lrb- 1968-1980 ; her death -rrb- laurence 1950s-1980 barbara loden 1958.jpg barbara loden
 barbara loden actress breast cancer
barbara loden

barbara loden -lrb- july 8 , 1932 -- september 5 , 1980 -rrb- was a broadway tony award-winning american stage and film actress , model , and stage/film director .
she was the first woman to write , direct and star in her own feature film , `` wanda '' , which won the international critics award at the 1970 venice film festival .
loden also directed several off-broadway plays .
loden was a life member of the famed the actors studio and appeared in several projects directed by second husband , noted film director , elia kazan , including `` splendor in the grass '' .
loden appeared as a regular sidekick on the irreverent `` the ernie kovacs television show '' , where she would get pies thrown in her face or pretend to be `` sawed in half '' .
