Claire van Kampen, a composer of music for plays and television dramas, as well as a director, writer and frequent collaborator of her Oscar-winning husband Mark Rylance, died Saturday morning at ...

Director Claire van Kampen, the wife of actor Sir Mark Rylance, has died aged 71. She died on Saturday, which also marked her husband’s 65th birthday, in the German town of Kassel surrounded by ...

Mark Rylance passed on the Albus Dumbledore role ... Rylance turned down the role because his wife, Claire van Kampen, passed away in January 2025. "[This] led him to pass on the project so ...

Mark Rylance's wife Claire van Kampen dies on his birthday ...

Claire van Kampen, a theater composer, director, playwright and the wife of actor Mark Rylance, has died. She was 71. According to an announcement from her family, van Kampen died on Saturday ...

Claire van Kampen, a theater director, composer and wife of actor Mark Rylance, died Saturday morning. She was 71. Van Kampen died in Kassel, Germany, "surrounded by her family" following a battle ...