Doran Clark (born August 8, 1954
[) is an American actress.
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Early life and education
Clark was born to actress/model Audrey Caire and William Clark. She has two sisters and two brothers, including actress Louise Clark Goddard (of the Harry and Louise
"Harry and Louise" was a $14 to $20 million year-long television advertisement, television advertising campaign funded by the Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA)a predecessor organization which merged into the AHIP (trade association), A ...
political commercials). She is the granddaughter of General Mark W. Clark. Clark graduated from Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York. Established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church, the university has been nonsectarian since 1920. Locate ...
with a degree in European history and later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in performing arts from Briarcliff College
Briarcliff College was a women's college in Briarcliff Manor, New York. The school was founded as Mrs. Dow's School for Girls in 1903 at the Briarcliff Lodge. After Walter W. Law donated land and a building for the college, it operated at i ...
.
Career
Clark's film and television credits include '' Black Eagle'' (with Jean-Claude Van Damme), '' Passport to Paris'' (with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen), numerous appearances on '' Perry Mason'', '' Matlock'', '' Jake and the Fatman'', '' Trapper John, M.D.'', an appearance on an episode of '' MacGyver'' called "The Heist," several episodes of ''Murder, She Wrote
''Murder, She Wrote'' is an American crime drama television series, created by Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson and William Link, starring Angela Lansbury, and produced and distributed by Universal Television for the CBS network. The series f ...
'', as well as many starring and supporting roles on sitcoms from the late 1970s through the 1990s.
She was known for her roles on three different soaps: the short-lived (eight episodes) ''Secrets of Midland Heights
''Secrets of Midland Heights'' is an American nighttime soap opera produced by Lorimar Productions after the success of ''Dallas''. It ran on CBS from December 6, 1980 to January 24, 1981 for eight episodes, with three episodes left unaired.
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'' as Ann Dulles; ''King's Crossing
''King's Crossing'' is an American nighttime soap opera which aired on ABC from January 16 to February 27, 1982 on Saturday night at 8:00pm for seven episodes.
Its roots can be found in the 1980 drama ''Secrets of Midland Heights'', which aired ...
'' as Jillian Beauchamp; and ''Emerald Point N.A.S.
''Emerald Point N.A.S'' is an American primetime soap opera created by ''Dynasty''s Richard and Esther Shapiro which premiered on CBS on Monday, September 26, 1983. The series revolved around the lives of personnel stationed on a naval air stati ...
'' as Ensign Leslie Mallory.[ ] She also played Charlene Chasen in the short-lived NBC-TV drama '' Nightingales''.[Terrace, Vincent (2011). ''Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010''. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 763.]
Personal life
, Clark resided in Hollywood Hills, California. She is married to producer Peter Abrams and they have two children.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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1954 births
American film actresses
American television actresses
Living people
21st-century American women