Judy Clark
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Judy Clark | |
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![]() Clark in The Kid Sister (1945) | |
Born | Rockville, New York City, U.S. | June 9, 1921
Died | December 27, 2002 Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 81)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1942–1962 |
Spouse(s) | George Myers
(m. 1949; div. 1950)William Jerome Otto (m. 19??) |
Children | 1 |
Judy Clark (June 9, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American film and television actress and singer. Clark adopted a brash and energetic singing style, similar to that of musical-comedy star Betty Hutton (with trade critics almost always comparing the blonde Clark to the blonde Hutton).[citation needed]
Early life
Clark was the daughter of Jack Kaufman, who was a vaudeville performer.[1] She and comedian Jack Gilford were among the new faces in the stage show Meet the People; Universal Pictures signed both for the Gloria Jean musical Reckless Age (1944).
Clark won the juvenile lead in the 1944 Benny Fields musical Minstrel Man, in which she delivered two songs in the Hutton manner. The role reflected Clark's own life, as a rising star in a theatrical family. She continued to work in pictures through the mid-1940s, including the Joan Davis musical comedy Beautiful but Broke (1944), the Cinderella-styled comedy The Kid Sister (1945), the Freddie Stewart musical Junior Prom (1946), In Fast Company with The Bowery Boys (1946), and the Jean Porter musical Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947). Beginning in 1949, with fewer musicals being made, she worked in the action/adventure field, in two serials, Bruce Gentry and Desperadoes of the West. Altogether she appeared in more than two dozen films and several television productions.
Stage
Clark's work as a singer included performing with Jimmy McHugh's Hollywood Singing Stars.[2] She also danced and sang in the stage musical Lend an Ear at the Las Palmas Theater.[3]
Personal life
On October 1, 1949, Clark married businessman George Myers in Los Angeles.[4] They were divorced on July 14, 1950.[5] She later was married to William Jerome Otto, heir to a drug chain.[2]
Filmography
- South of Santa Fe (1942)
- Chatterbox (1943)
- Swing Your Partner (1943)
- Beautiful But Broke (1944)
- Career Girl (1944)
- Hey, Rookie (1944)
- Minstrel Man (1944)
- Reckless Age (1944)
- Stars on Parade (1944)
- This Is the Life (1944)
- Night Club Girl (1945)
- Penthouse Rhythm (1945)
- The Kid Sister (1945)
- The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945)
- In Fast Company (1946)
- Junior Prom (1946)
- That's My Gal (1947)
- Two Blondes and a Redhead (1947)
- Bruce Gentry – Daredevil of the Skies (1949)
- Desperadoes of the West (1950)
- The Girl on the Bridge (1951)
- The Crooked Web (1955)
- House of Women (1962)
References
- ^ "Actress Judy Clark To Wed Broker". Lodi News-Sentinel. California, Lodi. United Press. September 29, 1949. p. 7. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Judy Clark Gets $200 Alimony Pending Trial". The Los Angeles Times. September 18, 1953. p. 2. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Judy Clark Signed for Eythe's Musical". The Los Angeles Times. April 26, 1948. p. 19. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Actress Judy Clark files for divorce". Argus-Leader. South Dakota, Sioux Falls. Associated Press. June 6, 1950. p. 2. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Actress divorces mate 'who didn't want me'". The Los Angeles Times. July 15, 1950. p. Part II - 16. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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