Judy Clark (June 9, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American film and television actress and singer. Clark adopted a brash and energetic singing style, similar to that of musical-comedy star Betty Hutton (with trade critics almost always comparing the blonde Clark to the blonde Hutton).[citation needed]
Clark was the daughter of Jack Kaufman, who was a vaudeville performer.[1] She and comedian Jack Gilford were among the new faces in the stage show Meet the People; Universal Pictures signed both for the Gloria Jean musical Reckless Age (1944).
Clark's work as a singer included performing with Jimmy McHugh's Hollywood Singing Stars.[2] She also danced and sang in the stage musical Lend an Ear at the Las Palmas Theater.[3]
Personal lifeedit
Clark was diagnosed with anemia, resulting in pain in both ankles and thus forcing her to give up dancing.
On October 1, 1949, Clark married businessman George Myers in Los Angeles.[4] They were divorced on July 14, 1950.[5] In 1953 she married William Jerome Otto, 24-year-old heir to a drug chain; the union was unsuccessful and she sued for divorce nine months later, asking to be repaid $625 that he had borrowed.[6] In 1956 she met her future husband, Ron Zalimas, on the set of a Burns and Allen TV show. He was 15 years her junior,[7] but they remained married until her death in 2002.
^"Actress Judy Clark To Wed Broker". Lodi News-Sentinel. California, Lodi. United Press. September 29, 1949. p. 7. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Judy Clark Gets $200 Alimony Pending Trial". The Los Angeles Times. September 18, 1953. p. 2. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Judy Clark Signed for Eythe's Musical". The Los Angeles Times. April 26, 1948. p. 19. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Actress Judy Clark files for divorce". Argus-Leader. South Dakota, Sioux Falls. Associated Press. June 6, 1950. p. 2. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Actress divorces mate 'who didn't want me'". The Los Angeles Times. July 15, 1950. p. Part II - 16. Retrieved September 10, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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