The veteran actress appeared almost unrecognizable during a rare public outing in Los Angeles earlier this week.
Now 83, the film and television star rose to prominence in the 1960s, landing early roles alongside Hollywood names such as Clint Eastwood, Henry Fonda and Burt Reynolds.
Born in Canada, she built an impressive film career during the 1970s before largely leaving the big screen after the beginning of the following decade.
She then turned her attention to television, eventually securing one of her most memorable roles on a popular sitcom that ran for six seasons.
The series also featured an unusual real-life connection: she portrayed the wife of her actual husband, a former professional athlete who later forged his own career in Hollywood.
So, can you identify the retired actress behind this remarkable career?
At 83, the actress looked dramatically different during a rare Los Angeles appearance earlier this week. She began working in the 1960s and shared the screen with stars including Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford, Henry Fonda and Burt Lancaster
She became a major star in the 1970s before moving into television in the 1980s, when she appeared in a hit sitcom opposite her real-life husband, who also played her on-screen spouse. Can you guess her identity?
The actress is former screen star Susan Clark.
The Daily Mail has contacted Susan Clark’s representatives for comment, but no response has been received.
Clark was seen enjoying lunch in Los Angeles before stopping at a grocery store.
She appeared in good spirits, wearing a colorful floral blouse beneath a black-and-red jacket.
A wide-brimmed hat completed the summery outfit and offered protection from the bright California sunshine.
The Canadian actress was born Nora Golding and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She began performing on stage as a teenager before relocating to Britain to study at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
During her time in London, Clark started building her television résumé with minor parts in British productions, including The Benny Hill Show and The Sentimental Agent.
She returned to Canada in 1965, and two years later signed a contract with Universal Pictures, a deal that helped propel her career forward.
The actress is former screen sensation Susan Clark
Alongside appearances in celebrated films from the 1960s through the 1980s, Clark became especially known for playing the leading female role in Webster from 1983 to 1989. Her husband, former professional football player Alex Karras, appeared opposite her as her character’s husband
Clark was photographed during a Los Angeles lunch outing before heading to the grocery store
She wore a vivid multicolored floral blouse with a black-and-red jacket, finishing the look with a wide-brimmed hat to shield her from the intense sun
After studying acting in London and appearing on TV in the UK and her home country of Canada, Clark signed a contract with Universal Pictures. One of her early movies was 1968’s Coogan’s Bluff, in which she played the romantic lead to Clint Eastwood; Above
She made her feature film debut that year in the sports drama Banning, which starred Robert Wagner and Gene Hackman.
By 1968, she was booking bigger roles that put her opposite screen legends like Henry Fonda and Richard Widmark (in 1968’s Madigan) and younger superstars like Clint Eastwood (in Coogan’s Bluff, from the same year).
Clark had graduated from smaller supporting roles to playing the romantic lead by the time she and Eastwood appeared in Coogan’s Bluff, but she would continue to play supporting roles with major stars like Robert Redford in 1969’s Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here.
The actress worked with Burt Lancaster multiple times in the early ’70s on the adventure film Skullduggery (1970), and a year later on Valdez Is Coming.
Clark became a major box office draw by the middle of the ’70s after appearing in the blockbuster disaster film Airport 1975 (1974) and the hit Disney comedy The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975).
She even reunited with one of her early costars, Gene Hackman, now that both were box office draws, in the classic mystery thriller Night Moves (1975).
But Clark stepped back from the big screen and began focusing on the small screen just as she was at the height of her career.
In 1975, she played the athlete Babe Didrikson Zaharias in the made-for-TV movie Babe, which earned her an Emmy Award.
The actress worked with Burt Lancaster multiple times in the early ’70s on the adventure film Skullduggery (Above, 1970)
A year later they costarred on Valdez Is Coming; Above, with Jon Cypher (center) and Burt Lancaster (R)
After appearign in Porky’s (1981), Clark retired from films and focused on TV. Her biggest hit on the small screen was Webster, which aired from 1983 to 1989; Above, with Alex Karras (L) and Emmanuel Lewis (center)
The following year, she played the title aviator in the 1976 TV movie Amelia Earhart, which earned her an Emmy nomination.
Clark went on to play the title character in a TV movie adaptation of Hedda Gabler in 1978, and it wasn’t until 1979 that she began appearing in films after a four-year absence.
Although she appeared in several other movies in the late ’70s and early ’80s, her final film appearance would end up being in 1981’s sex comedy Porky’s.
From then on, Clark devoted herself to television, and in 1983 she landed one of her most popular roles as Katherine Calder-Young Papadopoulos on Webster.
The series had an unusual family connection, as Clark’s on-screen husband was played by her real-life husband, Alex Karras, who died in 2012 at 77.
Karras had played for the Detroit Lions as a defensive tackle from 1958 to 1970, before he transitioned to acting in later years.
The two had met when they starred together in 1975’s Babe, in which he played her character’s husband. The lovebirds tied the knot in 1980 and welcomed their only child, a daughter, in the same year.
After Webster ended in 1989, Clark made sporadic appearances in the ’90s in TV movies, before ending her on-screen career with a main cast role on the Canadian TV series Emily of New Moon, which aired from 1998 through 2000.
After stepping away from the screen, Clark continued to act on stage well into the 2000s.
