Clare Wren

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Clare Wren
Born (1962-05-04) May 4, 1962 (age 62) [1]
OccupationActress
Years active1986–2005
Spouse William Russ
Children2

Clare Wren (born May 4, 1962, as Helen Claire Wren) is an American actress. She is best known as Rachel Dunn on The Young Riders .

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Life and career

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Texarkana, Arkansas. Her father is a doctor and her mother is a pianist with two sisters, Nancy and Roberta Atkinson. [2]

As a youth, she participated extensively in gymnastic competitions, training at the Olympia Training Center in Louisiana, but she injured her knee in a competition during her senior year of high school, and was propelled to seek alternatives for her future. That fall, she was accepted at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas where she spent her first year on crutches, recovering from extensive knee surgery. [2] While at University, she became heavily involved in theater, and ended up graduating from the Professional Acting Program along with a degree in psychology. After graduating from college, she moved to Los Angeles to further pursue her acting career. [2]

She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, actor William Russ and 2 children.[ citation needed ]

Filmography

Films
Television

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References

  1. Clare Wren Pics
  2. 1 2 3 "Clare Wren Bio". oocities.org. Retrieved June 17, 2013.