Ashley Clark(XVIII)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Ashley was born in Torrance, CA to parents Rex and Sherry Saint'Onge,
following her older brother by three years, Rex, Jr. The family moved
to Toluca Lake when Rex, Sr. was a cartoonist at Warner Bros. Studios,
and later moved again to San Luis Obispo when Ashley's father left
Warner Bros. to pursue his lifelong career as a paleontologist. Ashley
grew up heavily involved in theatre and comedy, with a strong focus on
the history of entertainment, mostly due to her family's history in the
field - Her second cousin was Al Capp, the creator of the Li'l Abner
comic strips, and her great uncle was character actor Milton Frome (who
was a straight man for Milton Berle, and a major player in the USO
tours in the Abbott & Costello era). Ashley began doing stand-up comedy
for her third and fourth grade classes and never looked back. She
started her studies in theatre in the 6th grade, and many lead roles
were to follow through high school. She was asked to model for a
mermaid calendar by a local photographer when she was in the 8th grade,
which set the foundation for her strong modeling background. Ashley
studied acting at several schools, including courses at Blue Rider
Studios in Los Angeles and seminars in Manhattan. She focused on the
Arts at her high school, and emceed a theatre festival called Dramatic
Connections, a gathering of theatre programs in Southern California.
Her natural passion for entertaining drew her to the character
department at Disneyland, in which she flourished for three years. She
is now an active stand-up comedian, model and actress in Los Angeles.