About Gerald Clarke
Born 1937. Gerald Clarke is an American biographer, writer and journalist, known for Capote (film) and Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland.
Gerald Clarke (born June 21, 1937) is an American writer, best known for the biographies Capote (made into the Oscar-winning 2005 film Capote ) and Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland (2000).
He has also written for magazines including Esquire, Architectural Digest, and Time, where he was a senior writer for many years.
While an undergraduate at Yale, he wrote for campus humor magazine The Yale Record.
A native of Los Angeles, Clarke now lives in Bridgehampton, in eastern Long Island, New York.
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American biographer
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Gerald Clarke was born on 21 June 1937 in Los Angeles.
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Gerald Clarke is a biographer, writer and journalist.
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Gerald Clarke is known for Capote (film) and Get Happy: The Life of Judy Garland.
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Gerald Clarke is American.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Gerald Clarke. https://biography.guide/gerald-clarke-biographer/
MLA: "Gerald Clarke." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/gerald-clarke-biographer/.
Chicago: "Gerald Clarke." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/gerald-clarke-biographer/.
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