Laura Emma Clark, later known as Lorena Carr, was born on September 20, 1911, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, but grew up in Missoula, Montana, where her father, a professor at the State University, resided. She attended Missoula High School and honed her dancing skills at Bishop's School of Dancing.
In 1927, Lorena, her mother, and brother relocated to Hollywood, where she began working as a dancer and eventually landed a contract at Hal Roach's studios. Her life took a dramatic turn when she married film director Robert Farfan on May 25, 1929, just a few months before her 15-year-old brother, Fay Clark, tragically took his own life.
Lorena's early film career consisted of small parts in Paramount On Parade and Dancing Lady. Her striking features earned her the title of "the most beautiful and shapely blond" on the Paramount lot, and she reportedly said, "I am perfectly contented. I make a good living, much better than I would have done at an average job."
Despite appearing in over a dozen films, Lorena never achieved major stardom. In 1934, she took her talents to the stage, starring in George White's Scandals. A few years later, she retired from acting, divorcing her husband in the process.
Lorena then ventured into the wholesale dress selling business in New York City before eventually returning to California, where she remarried. Lorena Carr, or Laura Emma Clark, as she was known, passed away on August 26, 1964, at the age of 52, and was laid to rest at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles under the name Lorena C. Rose.
