Valerie Rae Clark Bio
July 22, 1955 / Cancer / Age 70
Valerie Rae Clark is an American-born Penthouse model, adult model, stripper, and porn actress, born on July 22, 1955 in Santa Clara, California, United States.
Throughout her modeling career, she has also appeared as Valerie Clark.
Valerie Rae Clark was crowned Penthouse Pet of the Month in May 1977, stepping into the spotlight at just 21 years old. With her statuesque 36-23-36 figure, charming brown eyes, rich brown hair, and natural breasts, Valerie Rae carries a new sense of confidence, blending youthful softness with a teasing, self-assured edge.
There are arrivals that whisper and arrivals that announce themselves in neon and laughter. Valerie Rae Clark was the latter: a mid-’70s charge of fearless energy who came from the electric nights of Los Angeles and refused to play small. She moved through rooms and film frames with a wink and a dare, the kind of presence that promised mischief and delivered a little more than anyone expected.
She carried herself like someone who knew the camera was only part of the story. Playful but unflinching, Valerie projected a confident mood that read as both invitation and challenge—never coy, always deliberately—making ordinary moments feel like an after-hours scene staged just for her. Her persona suggested a woman who enjoyed attention on her own terms, whose camera presence felt less like performance and more like a private conversation made public.
Her path was eclectic and unapologetic. She arrived from Los Angeles nightlife where she worked as a stripper, then stepped into show business with a singing turn on The Gong Show in 1976. Magazine spreads followed, from a Hustler appearance in July 1978 to a Penthouse pictorial in August 1983, and her time as a Pet included playful detours—appearing alongside fellow Pets on the Redd Foxx TV show, suiting up for the Penthouse Pets baseball team, and meeting fans at conventions nationwide. Valerie’s screen work threaded through cult cinema of the era with small roles in drive-in titles like Skateboard, Bare Knuckles, and Deathsport, and even the notorious orgy sequence of Caligula—moments that capture an era when edge mattered more than polish.
By the late 1970s she chose a different direction, stepping away from acting and modeling to build a life beyond the spotlight; she later became a mother and a teacher. For Penthouse, Valerie Rae Clark remains a vivid snapshot of a daring era—a woman who embraced the moment, left her mark, and moved on by her own design.
