Susan Clark (born Nora Golding; March 8, 1943) is a Canadian actress. She made her big screen debut in the 1967 drama film '' Banning'' and the following year played the female lead in the crime thriller ''

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''. She later starred in films ''

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'' (1969), '' Colossus: The Forbin Project'' (1971), ''

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'' (1971), '' Skin Game'' (1971), ''

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'' (1973), '' The Midnight Man'' (1974), '' Airport 1975'' (1975), '' Night Moves'' (1975), ''

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'' (1975), '' Murder by Decree'' (1979), '' Promises in the Dark'' (1979) and ''

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'' (1981). Clark received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for playing Babe Didrikson Zaharias in the 1975 television film ''Babe'', and another Emmy Award nomination for playing

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in the 1976 television film ''

''. From 1983 to 1989, she starred as Katherine Papadopolis in the American sitcom ''

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'', on which she appeared with her husband,

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, receiving Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy nomination in 1985.

Early life

Clark was born as Nora Golding in Sarnia, Ontario and raised in Toronto, where she attended

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. She made her professional debut at the age of 15 on stage in the musical ''

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'', which starred

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. She went to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England and two years later acted in a number of classical and modern plays.

Career

In the early 1960s, Clark while living in London began appearing on British television, including guest appearances on '' The Plane Makers'', ''

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'' and '' The Benny Hill Show''. She made her debut on the London stage in ''Poor Bitos''. The play and Clark received good reviews but news from home about her father, who had fallen ill, led her back to Canada. She returned to Canada in 1965, when she appeared in a number of episodes of the anthology series '' Festival''. She was employed by Universal Pictures from 1967 where she appeared in several television series and made her feature film debut in the drama film '' Banning''. Clark had leading roles in several Universal films, including ''

'' with

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in 1968, ''

'' with

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in 1969, ''

'' with

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in 1971, ''

'' with

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in 1973, '' Night Moves'' with

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in 1975, the disaster film '' Airport 1975'', ''

'' with

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in 1975, and another disaster film, '' City on Fire'', in 1979. Clark starred in the 1975 television movie, ''Babe'', playing multi-sport athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias. Her performance won her an Emmy in 1976. In 1976, she starred in a three-hour made-for-television movie biography of the aviator

which also covered her marriage to noted publisher

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; she received an Emmy nomination for Best Actress. She posed topless for '' Playboy'' in the February 1973 issue pictorial entitled "The Ziegfeld Girls: A dazzling review starring the talking pictures' own Susan Clark". Clark played Dr. Cleo Markham in '' Colossus: The Forbin Project'', hooker Cherry Forever in ''

'' (in which Karras also starred), Elizabeth Murray in '' Emily of New Moon'', Elaine Moore in the television movie '' Trapped'', and Muriel Mulligan in the 1994 television movie '' Snowbound: The Jim and Jennifer Stolpa Story''. She played murderess Beth Chadwick in the ''

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'' episode "Lady in Waiting". She and Karras played husband and wife together on the sitcom ''

'' for six years in the 1980s. In 2006, Clark appeared at the

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in the Warehouse production of ''

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'', and in the 2007 Mainstage production of '' The Importance of Being Earnest''.

Personal life

She married American football player turned actor

in 1980. They met when they co-starred in ''Babe'' (and he played her husband, professional wrestler George Zaharias). They later co-starred on the popular primetime sitcom ''

'' together, portraying husband and wife. Their daughter Katie was born in 1980. Clark and Karras remained married for 32 years until his death on October 10, 2012.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Susan 1943 births Canadian film actresses Canadian television actresses Living people Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Primetime Emmy Award winners People from Sarnia Actresses from Ontario Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Northern Secondary School alumni Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States