MARLENE CLARK, MODEL, ‘GANJA & HESS,’ ‘SANFORD & SON’ ACTRESS, DIES @ 73
She was not on the list.
Glass Hair Design posted a remembrance stating that Clark died on May 18, the same day as her Slaughter (1972) co-star Jim Brown, who died at 87.
Clark was born December 19, 1949, and grew up in Harlem. Her first career was as a fashion model, but she segued naturally into films with 1968's For Love of Ivy, which starred Sidney Poitier (1927-2022).
Though uncredited for her work in Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Putney Swope (1969), she was pictured on the poster of the latter, directed by Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021).
She was directed by Hal Ashby (1929-1988) in his debut The Landlord (1970) and by Larry Hagman (1931-2012) in Beware! The Blob (1972), goingo n to appear with Jim Brown in Slaughter and then in the genre flick Night of the Cobra Woman (1972).
Her most famous and appreciated film was Ganja & Hess (1973) by Bill Gunn (1934-1989), a vampire classic.
Other film work includes Enter the Dragon (1973) and Switchblade Sisters (1975).
On TV, Clark was known as the character Lamont's girlfriend
on Sanford & Son (1976-1977). She acted on TV until 1988.
There is no word on survivors.
Partial filmography
Actress
Robin Givens, Brian Robbins, Dan Frischman, Khrystyne Haje,
Howard Hesseman, and Dan Schneider in Head of the Class (1986)
Head of the Class
Mrs. Merriman
TV Series
1988
1 episode
Michael Landon in Highway to Heaven (1984)
Highway to Heaven
Rachel Pierson
TV Series
1987
1 episode
Flamingo Road (1980)
Flamingo Road
TV Series
1982
1 episode
Buddy Ebsen in Barnaby Jones (1973)
Barnaby Jones
Bank Clerk
TV Series
1980
1 episode
What's Happening!! (1976)
What's Happening!!
Secretary
TV Series
1979
1 episode
The Baron (1977)
The Baron
Caroline
1977
Bunco (1977)
Bunco
Nickey
TV Movie
1977
The Richard Pryor Show (1977)
The Richard Pryor Show
TV Series
1977
1 episode
Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson in Sanford and Son (1972)
Sanford and Son
Janet Lawson
TV Series
1976–1977
6 episodes
Kate Jackson, Georg Stanford Brown, Sam Melville, and
Michael Ontkean in The Rookies (1972)
The Rookies
Teresa Clements
TV Series
1976
1 episode
The Jezebels (1975)
The Jezebels
Muff
1975
Lord Shango (1975)
Lord Shango
Jenny
1975
The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism (1967)
Black Mamba
The Witch
1974
Newman's Law (1974)
Newman's Law
Edie
1974
Peter Cushing, Michael Gambon, Tom Chadbon, Marlene Clark,
Anton Diffring, Charles Gray, Calvin Lockhart, and Ciaran Madden in The Beast
Must Die (1974)
The Beast Must Die
Caroline Newcliffe
1974
Bruce Lee, Ahna Capri, Jim Kelly, John Saxon, Kien Shih, and
Robert Wall in Enter the Dragon (1973)
Enter the Dragon
Secretary
1973
Ganja & Hess (1973)
Ganja & Hess
Ganja Meda
1973
Incident on a Dark Street (1973)
Incident on a Dark Street
Rose
TV Movie
1973
Parachute to Paradise
TV Movie
1972
Dennis Weaver in McCloud (1970)
McCloud
Sabrina Crawford
TV Series
1972
1 episode
Jim Brown and Stella Stevens in Slaughter (1972)
Slaughter
Kim
1972
Larry Hagman, Shelley Berman, Godfrey Cambridge, Carol
Lynley, and Robert Walker Jr. in Beware! The Blob (1972)
Beware! The Blob
Mariane Hargis
1972
Peggy Lipton, Michael Cole, and Clarence Williams III in Mod
Squad (1968)
Mod Squad
JudyRuthie Rush
TV Series
1970–1972
2 episodes
Night of the Cobra Woman (1972)
Night of the Cobra Woman
Lena Aruza
1972
Telly Savalas, Ivan Dixon, John Marley, and Tom Stern in
Clay Pigeon (1971)
Clay Pigeon
Saddle
1971
Bonanza (1959)
Bonanza
Liza Walter
TV Series
1971
1 episode
Christopher George in The Immortal (1969)
The Immortal
Carol Carver
TV Series
1970
1 episode
James Brolin, Robert Young, and Elena Verdugo in Marcus
Welby, M.D. (1969)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Lorine
TV Series
1970
1 episode
Dan Dailey and Julie Sommars in The Governor & J.J.
(1969)
The Governor & J.J.
Diane
TV Series
1970
1 episode
Lost Flight (1970)
Lost Flight
TV Movie
1970
The Landlord (1970)
The Landlord
Marlene
1970
Stop! (1970)
Stop!
Marlene
1970
The Bill Cosby Show (1969)
The Bill Cosby Show
Vicki Himbrough
TV Series
1970
1 episode
Putney Swope (1969)
Putney Swope
Stewardess (uncredited)
1969
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Midnight Cowboy
Girl at Party (uncredited)
1969
Sidney Poitier in For Love of Ivy (1968)
For Love of Ivy
Radio Phone Girl
1968
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