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K.C. Ligon(1948-2009)

  • Writer
  • Actress
  • Additional Crew
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K.C. Ligon
Born into a theatrical family (her mother was actress and dialect coach Nora Dunfee and her father was veteran Broadway and film actor David Clarke), she made her Broadway debut in "Under Milk Wood" at the age of eight, and subsequently appeared with her parents in the National Tour of "The Visit" with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. She attended the Professional Children's School from the first grade through high school, and was a member of the first graduating class of what is now the Graduate Acting Program, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. Her stage credits include "Subject to Fits" at the New York Public Theater; "Hamlet", "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "Travesties" at the Mark Taper Forum; "Merton of the Movies" at the Ahmanson, and "Crowbar" at the Victory Theater in New York. K.C. Ligon is a dialect coach on Broadway and does extensive private coaching of prominent performers for theatre and film.
BornAugust 26, 1948
DiedMarch 23, 2009(60)
BornAugust 26, 1948
DiedMarch 23, 2009(60)
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Known for

Capitol (1982)
Capitol
6.9
TV Series
  • Writer
Prime Time (1977)
Prime Time
5.0
  • Maxine Waldman(as Katherine Dunfee Clark)
  • 1977
The Adams Chronicles (1976)
The Adams Chronicles
8.2
TV Mini Series
  • Fanny
Starsky and Hutch (1975)
Starsky and Hutch
7.0
TV Series
  • Patty Nash(as Katharine Dunfee Clarke)

Credits

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Writer



  • Capitol (1982)
    Capitol
    6.9
    TV Series
    • written by
    • Writer
    • teleplay by (as Katharine Dunfee Clarke)
    • 1982–1987

Actress



  • The Paper Chase (1978)
    The Paper Chase
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Linda O'Connor (as Katharine Dunfee Clarke)
    • 1978
  • Prime Time (1977)
    Prime Time
    5.0
    • Maxine Waldman (as Katherine Dunfee Clark)
    • 1977
  • Starsky and Hutch (1975)
    Starsky and Hutch
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Patty Nash (as Katharine Dunfee Clarke)
    • 1977
  • The Adams Chronicles (1976)
    The Adams Chronicles
    8.2
    TV Mini Series
    • Fanny
    • 1976
  • Angie Dickinson in Police Woman (1974)
    Police Woman
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Sheila (as Katherine Dunfee Clark)
    • 1974
  • The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
    The Bob Newhart Show
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Dee Dee (as Katharine Dunfee)
    • 1974
  • Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969)
    Marcus Welby, M.D.
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Donna (as Katharine Dunfee)
    • 1973
  • The Patty Duke Show (1963)
    The Patty Duke Show
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Juliet
    • Molly (as Katharine Dunfee)
    • 1964
  • Natalie Wood and Jacques Sernas in Camera Three (1954)
    Camera Three
    6.3
    TV Series
    • Virginie (as Katherine Dunfee)
    • 1961

Additional Crew



  • The Salton Sea (2002)
    The Salton Sea
    7.0
    • dialect coach (uncredited)
    • 2002
  • Mili Avital, Benjamin Bratt, Stephen Lang, Herbert Franzier, Simone-Élise Girard, Bernard Graham, Nancy Sinclair, Nestor Serrano, Rosalie Staines, and Bob Walton in After the Storm (2001)
    After the Storm
    5.0
    TV Movie
    • dialect coach (uncredited)
    • 2001

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Katherine Dunfee Clark
  • Born
    • August 26, 1948
    • Santa Monica, California, USA
  • Died
    • March 23, 2009
    • Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA(blood disorder)
  • Spouse
    • Tom LigonDecember 31, 1976 - March 23, 2009 (her death)
  • Parents
      David Clarke
  • Relatives
    • Susan Dunfee(Sibling)
  • Other works
    K.C. Ligon is a dialect coach on Broadway and throughout the New York theatre community. Her many credits include the acclaimed revivals of "1776", "The Rose Tattoo", "She Loves Me", and "Holiday", as well as "How I Learned to Drive", "Valley Song", "The Immigrant", "Song of Singapore", "Entertaining Mr. Sloane", "The Two Gentlemen of Verona", "Grace and Glorie", "The Man Who Was Peter Pan", "A Child's Christmas in Wales", "110 in the Shade", "Bus Stop", "Electra", and "Our Town".

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Tom Ligon and K.C. Ligon, formerly known as Katharine Dunfee Clarke, were married on New Year's Eve in 1976 by Leigh Taylor-Young in her home in Beverly Hills, California. Among those present were the bride's parents, Nora Dunfee and David Clarke, and one of Mr. Ligon's co-stars in Jump (1971), Sally Kirkland.

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