Caitlin Clarke

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Caitlin Clarke
Clarke in Dragonslayer (1981)
Born
Katherine Anne Clarke

(1952-05-03)May 3, 1952
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedSeptember 9, 2004(2004-09-09) (aged 52)
Education
Occupation(s)Actress, instructor
Years active1978–2001

Caitlin Clarke (born Katherine Anne Clarke,

musical Titanic
.

Biography

Clarke was born in Pittsburgh, the oldest of five sisters, the youngest of whom is Victoria Clarke. Her family moved to Sewickley when she was ten.[3]

Clarke received her B.A. in theater arts from

Yale Repertory Theater in such plays as Tales from the Vienna Woods.[citation needed
]

After appearing in three

Broadway plays in 1985,[2] Clarke moved to Los Angeles for several years as a film and television actress. She appeared in the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee as Simone, a friendly prostitute. She returned to theater in the early 1990s, and to Broadway as Charlotte Cardoza in Titanic.[4]

Clarke was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2000. She returned to Pittsburgh to teach theater at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Pittsburgh Musical Theater's Rauh Conservatory as well as to perform in Pittsburgh theatre until her death on September 9, 2004.[citation needed]

Stage

Broadway

Off-Broadway

  • 1979 – Othello
  • 1981 – No End of Blame
  • 1983 – Summer
  • 1984 – Total Eclipse
  • 1984 – Quartermaine's Terms
  • 1984 – Thin Ice
  • 1994 – Three Birds Alighting On A Field
  • 1994 – Unexpected Tenderness

Regional

  • 1978 – Tales from the Vienna Woods (New Haven)
  • 1979 – The Winter's Tale (Washington)
  • 1980 – Bal (Chicago)
  • 1981 – Plenty (Chicago)
  • 1982 – Summer Vacation Madness (Minneapolis)
  • 1984 – As You Like It (San Diego)
  • 1984 – Not Quite Jerusalem (New Haven)
  • 1989 – Our Country's Good (Los Angeles)
  • 1991 – The Queen And The Rebels (Baltimore)
  • 1996 – Mrs. Warren's Profession (New Haven)
  • 1997 – Indiscretions (Dallas)
  • 1997 – The Glass Menagerie (Portland, Maine)
  • 1999 – Griller (Baltimore)
  • 2000 – Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Rochester, NY)
  • 2002 – The Gigli Concert (Pittsburgh)
  • 2002 – Aristocrats (Pittsburgh)

Film

Television

Series:

Sex And The City, Law & Order ("Menace", "Juvenile", "Stiff"), Matlock
("The Witness").

Movies:

(1996).

References

  1. ^ Batz, Bob Jr. (September 13, 2004). "Obituary: Caitlin A. Clarke / Stage-screen actress and teacher". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Caitlin Clarke". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on December 7, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2022.
  3. ^ "The Caitlin Clarke Page: Biography". www.andywest.org. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  4. ^ "Titanic at LuntFontanne Theatre 1997-1999". www.abouttheartists.com. Retrieved February 27, 2024.

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