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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Susan Clark papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2258
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/2/resources/2847
Physical Description:
4.8 linear feet
(12 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1965-1993
Abstract: Susan Clark was a motion picture and television actress. She may be best known for her role as Katherine on the television
series Webster. The bulk of the collection consists of scripts from the television series Webster. Additionally there are
scripts representing her work on television movies such as The Dark Tower (released as Night Moves) and Skullduggery as well
guest appearances on popular television series such as Columbo and Marcus Welby, M.D.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Susan Clark, 2014.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9976804233606533
[Identification of item], Susan Clark Papers (Collection 2258). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Nora Golding, later changed to Susan Clark, was born March 8, 1944, in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Clark made her motion picture
debut in the film Banning (1967) and also acted in feature films such as Madigan (1968), Coogan's Bluff (1968), and Sherlock
Holmes (1981). Clark also acted on television, appearing on Universal television-produced series such as
Marcus Welby, M.D.,
Columbo, and
The Bold Ones. From 1983-1988, Clark and her husband Alex Karras were featured in the television series,
Webster. Her television movie credits include
Babe (1975) for which she was awarded an Emmy for her role as Babe Didrickson Zaharias,
Emelia Earhart (1976) for which she earned an Emmy nomination,
Jimmy B. and Andre (1980),
Maid in America (1982),
Tonya and Nancy: The Inside Story (1994) and
Butterbox Babies (1996). In addition to acting, Clark also produced films and founded the production company Georgian Bay Ltd. with her husband
Alex Karras.
The collection consists of materials related to the career of actress Susan Clark. The bulk of the materials are scripts from
television series Webster. Also included are scripts from the television movies The Bold Ones, Word of Honor, and Jimmy B.
and Andre, and television series guest appearances on shows such as Columbo and Marcus Welby, M.D., including others. Additionally
there are scripts representing motion picture projects such as The Dark Tower (released as Night Moves) and Skullduggery,
among others, and a radio script for To Damascus. Some scripts in the collection are annotated. Notably absent from the collection
are material representing Clark's involvement in the Emmy winning television movie Babe and Emmy nominated television movie
Amelia Earhart.
The collection is arranged in the following series:
- Television projects
- Motion pictures projects
- Radio projects.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clark, Susan -- Archives