80s beauty who ruled primetime with NFL Hall of Famer husband in a hit family sitcom spotted on a rare stroll with pup in LA

Daily Mail​

5 days ago

This Canadian-born bombshell lit up screens in the 70s and 80s, earning an Emmy award and a Golden Globe nomination for her unforgettable roles as a trailblazing Olympic gold medalist, a daring pilot and a beloved sitcom mom.
She held her own in blockbuster films as she starred alongside Hollywood greats Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman.
Alongside her real-life NFL Hall of Famer husband, she helped raise a precocious young boy who was adopted after the tragic loss of his parents in a hit 80s sitcom that became a staple of family TV.
She showcased her beauty and assets in a Playboy spread devoted to her and took on a memorable role as Cherry Forever, a sex worker, in the hit sex comedy Porky's.
Since the passing of her husband, a former defensive tackle turned actor, she has kept a low profile in Los Angeles.
Can you guess who?
It's Susan Clark from the sitcom Webster!
This 82-year-old actress was spotted enjoying a sunny stroll through her Los Angeles neighborhood on Sunday.
Accompanied by her small tan dog sporting a pink harness, the former screen star walked leisurely along a hedge-lined sidewalk.
She kept things casual in a gray zip-up jacket, green pants, and black Hoka sneakers, topping off the look with a straw hat and black sunglasses for a touch of sun-smart style.
The former actress later left her home in her blue Toyota Prius to go run errands in an all-black ensemble consisting of a sweater, pants and brown Oxford shoes with a tan purse tucked into her arm.
Clark has stayed out of the spotlight since her career came to a crawl at the turn of the century, but her list of accolades reflects the substantial impact she left behind in Hollywood.
After her walk concluded, she emerged from her house and got in her blue Prius to run some errands. She wore an all-black ensemble consisting of a sweater, pants, brown Oxford shoes and had a tan purse clutched in her arm
Raised in Toronto, Canada, she started her career on stage before embarking on the big screen. Her first big roles came when she became employed by Universal Pictures in 1967.
This new contract opened up a series of leading television and film roles, including Coogan's Bluff, where she starred alongside Clint Eastwood in 1968.
Other big actors she played alongside with were Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here with Robert Redford in 1969, Valdez Is Coming with Burt Lancaster in 1971, Showdown with Dean Martin in 1973 and Night Moves with Gene Hackman in 1975.
Clark earned her first Emmy in 1976 for her portrayal of multi-sport legend Babe Didrikson in the 1975 TV movie Babe. Didrikson won gold and silver medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics before dominating women's golf with 10 LPGA major championships.
She was nominated for another Emmy for Best Actress for her depiction of Amelia Earhart in a 1976 three-hour made-for-television biographical film.
Not only was she a talented actress, but she was also a timeless beauty, which landed her a topless spread in a 1973 issue of Playboy.
She later embraced a more provocative role as the mysterious sex worker Cherry Forever in the cult classic teen comedy Porky's.
The actress met her husband Alex Karras, a legendary Detroit Lions defensive tackle and NFL Hall of Famer, when she co-starred alongside him in Babe, and married him five years later in 1980 – the same year they had their daughter Katie.
Clark's biggest success would be a project she'd embark on beside her husband, who played her on-screen husband in the hit 80s sitcom Webster.
The show ran from 1983 to 1989 and followed a newly adopted black boy adjusting to life with his white godfather, a former NFL star, played by Karras, and his loving socialite wife, played by Clark, in their Chicago home.
This show Clark's ticket to a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Television Series or Comedy in 1985.
When the show came to an end in 1989, Clark would try her hand at a few other TV films such as Murder, She Wrote (1991), Butterbox Babies (1995) and finally the series Emily of New Moon (1998-99).
Both Clark and Karras would step back from Hollywood at the turn of the century and live out their retirement in Los Angeles until his death in 2012 from kidney failure.