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Lovely, sultry, and charismatic Marlene Clark was born December 19, 1937, in New York City (some sources list it as 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 For Love of Ivy (1968). Marlene has had minor uncredited bit roles in Midnight 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 Slaughter (1972). the ill-fated Mariane Hargis in Son of Blob (1972), the very sexy titular reptilian demonic seductress in Night of the Cobra Woman (1972), the foxy Caroline in The Beast Must Die (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 made guest appearances on episodes of such TV shows as Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969), Bonanza (1959), The Mod Squad (1968), Highway to Heaven (1984) and Head of the Class (1986). Clark was married to Billy Dee Williams from 1968 to 1971. She died at age 85 on May 18, 2023.

Before becoming an actress, she was a model - mostly in New York.

Was featured prominently in the newspaper ads and posters of <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0064855/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Putney Swope (1969)</a>, but appears unbilled in the movie.

Died the same day as her Slaughter co-star Jim Brown.

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