Norma Lee Clark

Norma Lee Clark (died 8 November 2002) was an American actress and author of romance novels who worked for over 30 years as the private secretary and assistant to filmmaker Woody Allen.

Biography

Clark, born in Jefferson City[1] or Joplin, Missouri,[2] began her acting career in with the Pittsburgh Children's Theater and also worked at the Rochester Arena Theater before moving to New York City in the late 1940s. She moved there to take the female lead in Captain Video and His Video Rangers, a Buck Rogers television series that ran from 1949 to 1955.[1]

During her decades as Woody Allen's assistant, she wrote 15 novels, including The Infamous Rake, The Daring Duchess, and The Impulsive Miss Pymbroke.[3] The "most popular" of her novels was Lady Jane.[2][4] She sometimes published under the name Megan O'Connor.[1][5]

She was married to lighting designer David Clark; the couple later divorced. Afterwards, she remarried to Dimitri Vassilopoulos, and they had two daughters, Megan Clark and Emily Carvajal.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hofler, Robert (November 11, 2002). "Norma Lee Clark (obit)". Variety. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Meade, Marion (2014). The Unruly Life of Woody Allen. Open Road Integrated Media. ISBN 1497631548.
  3. ↑ Christiana, Gregory (February 3, 1985). Soft Cover (book review of Miss Pymbroke). Los Angeles Times.
  4. ↑ "Lady Jane". Kirkus. 1 April 1882. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. ↑ Schwartz, Tony (October 19, 1980). "The Conflicting Life and Art of Woody Allen". New York Times. Retrieved June 6, 2016.


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