Lydia Clarke

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Lydia Marie Clarke Heston (born April 14, 1923 in Two Rivers , Wisconsin - † September 3, 2018 in Santa Monica , California ) was an American actress and photographer . She gained fame as the wife of actor Charlton Heston , with whom she worked several times in the course of her career.

Life

Lydia Marie Clarke was born in Two Rivers in 1923. She began her career as a photographer before she met the actor Charlton Heston in 1944 and married a little later. The marriage lasted until Heston's death in April 2008. The couple had two children together.

Through her husband, Clarke became an actress herself in 1950. In addition to guest roles in television series, she also worked as a supporting actress in several of her husband's films, including 1952 as a circus girl in the semi-documentary film The Biggest Show in the World . In the 1952 thriller The City of a Thousand Perils , Clarke starred in the female lead. It remained her biggest and most famous film appearance.

In 1953, Clark took on a supporting role in the melodrama Bad for Each Other . In 1968 she played in a supporting role as Mrs. Fraker in the western The Daring as a film partner of William Schallert . She has also appeared as a guest star on several television series and shows, including two episodes of Westinghouse Studio One in 1950 and 1952 . Clarke had her last film appearance in 2003 in the television documentary Lasting Love , for which she was interviewed with her husband.

After the end of her acting career, Lydia Clarke worked in the Camera and Electrical Department as a still photographer in the 1971 literary adaptation of The Omega Man and in the 1982 adventure film Goldfieber . Charlton Heston played the lead role in both films.

Lydia Clarke died on September 3, 2018 at the age of 95 at UCLA Medical Center in Santa Monica. The cause of death was complications from pneumonia . She was buried at her husband's side in a columbarium at Saint Matthews Episcopal Church in Pacific Palisades .

Filmography

As an actress

  • 1950: Studio One (TV series, two episodes)
  • 1950: The Road to Jericho (TV series)
  • 1952: Captain-General of the Armies (TV series)
  • 1952: The Greatest Show on Earth ( The Greatest Show on Earth )
  • 1952: The City of a Thousand Dangers ( The Atomic City )
  • 1953: Bad for Each Other
  • 1968: The Daring One ( Will Penny )
  • 1981: This Is Your Life: 30th Anniversary Special (TV special)
  • 2003: Lasting Love (TV movie)

As a still photographer

Web links

Commons : Lydia Clarke  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mike Barnes: Lydia Clarke Heston, Actress and Wife of Charlton Heston, Dies at 95. In: The Hollywood Reporter . September 5, 2018, accessed February 21, 2019 .
  2. ^ Julius Young, Mariah Haas: Lydia Clarke Heston, actress and wife of Charlton Heston, dead at 95. In: Fox News Channel . September 5, 2018, accessed January 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Lydia Marie Clarke Heston. In: Find a Grave . September 5, 2018, accessed October 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Clarke, Lydia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Clarke, Lydia Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actress and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Two Rivers , Wisconsin , United States
DATE OF DEATH 3rd September 2018
Place of death Santa Monica , California