Clara Clemens

Clara Clemens
Picture of woman in her thirties with short dark hair in a light dress with a necklace of dark beads sitting in an ornate wooden chair and holding a fan in her right hand and with her left hand clasping her cheek and chin.
Clemens c. 1907
Background information
Birth nameClara Langhorne Clemens
Born(1874-06-08)June 8, 1874
Elmira, New York, U.S.
DiedNovember 19, 1962(1962-11-19) (aged 88)
San Diego, California, U.S.
GenresConcert singer
InstrumentPiano
Years active1906–1908
Spouses
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    (m. 1909; died 1936)​
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    (m. 1944)​

Clara Langhorne Clemens Samossoud[1] (formerly Gabrilowitsch; June 8, 1874 – November 19, 1962[1]), was an American concert singer,[2] and the daughter of Samuel Clemens, who wrote as Mark Twain. She managed his estate and guarded his legacy after his death as his only surviving child. She was married first to Ossip Gabrilowitsch, then to Jacques Samossoud after Gabrilowitsch's death. She wrote biographies of Gabrilowitsch and of her father. In her later life, she became a Christian Scientist.

  1. ^ a b "Mrs. Jacques Samossoud Dies; Mark Twain's Last Living Child", The New York Times, San Diego, p. 30, November 21, 1962, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved April 23, 2008
  2. ^ "Twain's Daughter Talks about Him", The New York Times, London (published June 14, 1908), p. C3, 1908, ISSN 0362-4331, retrieved April 21, 2008