Early Life
She was born and raised in Shelbyville, Tennessee, the daughter of Raymond Smith, a military man, and Pauline Bayne Locke, a pencil factory worker. Her parents separated before she was born, and her mother quickly married construction company owner Alfred Taylor Locke, whose name she took. Locke has a half-brother, Don (born 1946).
Locke was the valedictorian of the Shelbyville Central High School class of 1962. She attended Middle Tennessee State University for a year, before dropping out to pursue an acting career.
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