Marlene Clark was born on December 19, 1949, in New York City, or Los Angeles, and was raised in the Harlem section of New York. Before her career in acting, Clark was a fashion model.
Marlene Clark’s cause of death: How did Marlene Clark die?
Clark died at her home in Los Angeles on May 18, 2023, at the age of 83. Her friend named Tamara Lynch confirmed her death to PEOPLE.
According to Lynch, the late actress was “an extraordinary woman,” adding, “If you knew Marlene, you knew that the one thing that she had was grit. She was a very small-statured woman, really thin. She almost looked like a Black Polynesian, she was just so exotic. Then she had this deep, cavernous voice. When she spoke, it was such a command of attention.”
Lynch also shared that Clark maintained her work ethic until her death.
“She was tenacious in her love of art, film, and expression,” she explained. “Really, to the day she died, if she had an audition, Marlene would’ve gone to the audition. She would’ve done anything. She was one of those die-hard old-school actors, performers, and Hollywood people. You do the work. You show up. You know your lines, and then you go home and you go back, and you do it the next day.”
She added that when Clark “walked in the room, she just raised the bar.”
Lynch admits that although her friend may not have been recognizable to some, her impact is still felt in the entertainment industry.
“She’s one of the people who get lost in the cracks,” she said. “She’s part of the people who kicked down these doors, and there was no predecessor to what she was doing. Everything was blind. So everything she’s doing is the first. So she’s being in these films with these Black filmmakers and these Black actors and these Black writers and creating this movement.”
Source: Ghanafuo.com
