Louise Caire Clark
Louise Caire Clark | |
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| Spouse(s) | Ben Goddard (m. 1997; died 2018) |
| Children | 2 |
Louise Caire Clark is a retired American actress.
Life and career
Louise Caire Clark is the daughter of William D. Clark and Audrey Caire. She participated in theatricial productions while attending Bradford Junior College and Briarcliff College. In 1969 she was chosen to be trained in theatrical arts at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre in New York.[1]
In the early 1980s Clark portrayed Maggie Scott in Five Mile Creek, the Disney Channel's first dramatic series.[2]
Clark finished college in 1993 as a single mother who worked to support herself and her two children.[3]
In 1997[3] Clark married Ben Goddard, who wrote and produced the "Harry and Louise" advertisements, in which she played Louise, paid for by private health insurance companies to help defeat the Clinton health care plan of 1993.[4][5] In private life, Clark was "a great fan of socialized medicine" who participated in door-to-door campaigning for Bill Clinton in 1992.[6]
In 2000, Clark and Goddard produced the movie The Testimony of Taliesin Jones. Goddard died June 15, 2018.[7]
The Harry and Louise commercials undermined Clark's ability to make other commercials. The two actors were reunited in 2009 to make a new set of commercials in support of President Obama's plan for healthcare.[3]
Filmography
- Actress
- Get Christie Love! (1974) TV - 1 episode (Karen Clark)
- The Catamount Killing (1974) (Iris Loring)
- Helter Skelter (1976) TV - 1 episode (Susan Struthers)
- She's Dressed to Kill (1979) TV
- Five Mile Creek (1983–1985) TV - 39 Episodes, 3 Seasons (Maggie Scott)
- Hardcastle and McCormick (1985) TV - Season 3, Episode 12
- Cobra (1986) (Woman in car)
- Matlock (1987) TV - 1 episode (Jesse Peters)
- Stingray (1987) TV - 1 episode (Mother)
- Programmed to Kill (1987) film (Sharon - A.K.A. "The Retaliator")
- Head of the Class (1990) TV - 1 episode (Joanna)
- Allie & Me (1997) (Karen Schneider)
- Of Things Past (2023) (Laura Dietrich)
- Producer
- The Testimony of Taliesin Jones (2000) film
References
- ↑ "2 Women To Train At Theater School". The Reporter Dispatch. New York, White Plains. November 13, 1969. p. 40. Retrieved June 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Australian frontier saga". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 30, 1983. p. 121. Retrieved June 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 Warner, Judith (August 12, 2009). "'Louise' wants to help reform health care this time around". Dayton Daily News. p. A 13. Retrieved April 29, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Noah, Timothy (August 19, 2008). "I still hate Harry and Louise". Slate Magazine. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ↑ Teinowitz, Ira (August 19, 2008). "Harry and Louise Return to Political Advertising". Ad Age. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ↑ Warner, Judith (August 13, 2009). "'Louise' is helping health care reformers this time". Springfield News-Sun. p. A 8. Retrieved June 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Sullivan, John; Sullivan, Beverly (June 28, 2018). "The inner strength of Ben Goddard". Rappahannock News. Retrieved January 12, 2022.