Marlene Clark

Marlene Clark was born on Dec 19, 1949 in USA. Marlene Clark's big-screen debut came with For Love of Ivy directed by Daniel Mann in 1968. Marlene Clark is known for The Richard Pryor Show directed by John Moffitt, Richard Pryor stars as Self and Robin Williams as Various. The upcoming new movie Marlene Clark plays is Ganja & Hess which will be released on Mar 18, 1988.

Lovely, sultry and charismatic Marlene Clark was born December 19, 1949, in Los Angeles, California. Her father was a bus driver and her mother worked in a factory. Marlene grew up in New York City's Harlem area, and went to junior college in Tennessee. She was a speech major at the City College of New York. She first started acting in plays in college. She was working as a fashion model before making her film debut with a small part in Mon homme (1968). Marlene has had minor uncredited bit roles in Macadam cowboy (1969) and Putney Swope (1969). She gave an outstanding performance as the enticing but dangerous Ganja in Ganja & Hess (1973). Other memorable parts include pesky government agent Kim in Massacre (1972). the ill-fated Mariane Hargis in Attention au blob! (1972), the very sexy titular reptilian demonic seductress in Night of the Cobra Woman (1972), the foxy Caroline in Le mystère de la bête humaine (1974) and the affluent Caroline in The Baron (1977). She had a recurring role as Lamont Sanford's fiancé Janet Lawson on the hit sitcom Sanford and Son (1972). In addition, she has made guest appearances on episodes of such TV shows as Docteur Marcus Welby (1969), Bonanza (1959), La nouvelle équipe (1968), Les routes du paradis (1984) and Sois prof et tais-toi (1986). Clark was married to Billy Dee Williams from 1968 to 1971. More recently she has done interviews and commentaries on DVD releases of the films "Ganja & Hess" and "The Baron."