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Caitlin Clarke
Clarke in Dragonslayer (1981)
Born	Katherine Anne Clarke (1952-05-03)May 3, 1952 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	September 9, 2004(2004-09-09) (aged 52) Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Mount Holyoke College (BA) Yale University (MFA)
Occupation(s)	Actress, instructor
Years active	1978–2001

Caitlin Clarke (born Katherine Anne Clarke,^[1] May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004)^[2] was an American theater and film actress best known for her role as Valerian in the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer and for her role as Charlotte Cardoza in the 1998–1999 Broadway musical Titanic.

Biography

Clarke was born in Pittsburgh, the oldest of five sisters, the youngest of whom is Victoria Clarke. Her family moved to Sewickley when she was ten.^{[citation needed]}

Clarke received her B.A. in theater arts from Mount Holyoke College in 1974 and her M.F.A. from the Yale School of Drama in 1978. During her final year at Yale, Clarke performed with the Yale Repertory Theater in such plays as Tales from the Vienna Woods.^{[citation needed]}

After appearing in three Broadway plays in 1985,^[2] Clarke moved to Los Angeles for several years as a film and television actress. She appeared in the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee as Simone, a friendly prostitute. She returned to theater in the early 1990s, and to Broadway as Charlotte Cardoza in Titanic.^{[citation needed]}

Clarke was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2000. She returned to Pittsburgh to teach theater at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Pittsburgh Musical Theater's Rauh Conservatory as well as to perform in Pittsburgh theatre until her death on September 9, 2004.^{[citation needed]}