Five years have passed since Ms. Clarke has left us. I have written an entry about her passing on my own blog. I would like to add something to that.

I have read the Law & Order twentieth-year tribute issue of TV Guide. Law & Order was Ms. Clarke's favorite TV show, and she played a defense lawyer (eventually named Linda Walsh) in three episodes in the late 1990's. I would like to think that, if she were alive and fit, Ms. Clarke would have played a more substantial role — say, a prosecuting attorney or even a judge. I say this because that issue did not mention Ms. Clarke's name even once!

— Andy West, 3 October 2009

In this world talent, training, and a long career more often do not bring recognition. Yet they can engender a love of one's craft that not only does not die, but is willing to pass itself on to others.

Such was actress Caitlin Clarke.

Working mostly on the stage, Katie has received acclaim from fellow actors, from students and teaching colleagues, and from theatre critics for performances even in the worst plays. Yet she is undeservingly obscure. This is why I have dedicated this memorial Web site to her.

Caitlin Clarke Memorial Scholarship

Biography

	Born 3 May 1952 Died 9 September 2004 True name Katherine Anne Clarke	Birth place Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Home town Sewickley, Pennsylvania Parents Dr. Charles E. Clarke; Cecilia Clarke († 26 April 2006)
	Education Mt. Holyoke College, B.A., 1974; Yale School of Drama, M.F.A, 1978.
	Instruction Caitlin Clarke loved passing on her craft: … first taught acting at P.S. 58, New York City, in 1998-9 as part of an initiative by the Broadway Theater Institute. … taught drama at the University of Pittsburgh. … also taught young folks in the Studio G program at Pittsburgh's Rauh Conservatory.
	Caitlin Clarke … … moved to the Pittsburgh suburb of Sewickley when she was ten; her parents still live and work there. … is the oldest of five accomplished sisters, the youngest of which (Victoria 'Torie' Clarke) was the Pentagon's chief public-relations official in 2001-2003. … married in December 1980 an Oxford philosophy student who became a professor in Pennsylvania. They divorced in 1985 without children. … lists her favorite things.