Lydia Clarke

Lydia Marie Clarke Heston (April 14, 1923 – September 3, 2018) was an American actress and photographer. She was the wife of actor Charlton Heston.

Biography Clarke attended high school in Lexington, Kentucky, and graduated from Northwestern University. She appeared on Studio One on television. Her film debut came in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952).

Clarke took photographs "all over the world, recording everything from Afghan refugees in the Khyber Pass to the fellahin in their Nile villages." Time and Fortune were among the magazines that published her work. She also exhibited her photographs in museums and galleries and had her work published in two books. She was a breast cancer survivor and had undergone a mastectomy.

Filmography Film

Television Year Title Role Notes 1950–1952 Studio One Various characters 2 episodes 1953 The Philco Television Playhouse Episode: "Elegy"