Mark Rylance is mourning the loss of his wife ... Claire was diagnosed with cancer prior to her passing. Born in London in 1953, she eventually trained at the Royal College of Music, studying ...

Claire van Kampen, a theater director, composer and wife of actor Mark Rylance, died Saturday morning ... One of the great wise ones has passed." Born on Nov. 3, 1953, in London, England, van ...

Her husband, the actor and playwright Mark Rylance, and her daughter Juliet described van Kampen as one of the “funniest, wickedest, most inspiring women we have ever known,” the statement said.

Here’s the statement signed by Mark and Juliet Rylance. Claire Louise van Kampen, Lady Rylance, has died this morning, Saturday the 18th of January at 11:47, in the ancient town of Kassel ...

Claire van Kampen, a playwright and director who composed music for TV and theater and the wife of Mark Rylance, has died, her family said in a statement Saturday. She was 71. Van Kampen ...