Clara Lipman (December 6, 1864 – June 22, 1952) was an American musical comedy actress and playwright whose career began in 1885 and continued on until her retirement in 1927.

[4][5][6] Lipman started in amateur theatre productions in Chicago before making her professional stage début at Niblo's Garden in New York City on November 30, 1885, as Nettie in the Kiralfy Brothers spectacular, The Rat Catcher (an adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin).

Lipman spent the subsequent season or two in Chicago performing with Friedrich Mitterwurzer on the German-language stage before joining Charles Dickson's company in the early 1890s.

Mann, himself, is to-day among the first comedians of the American stage, and has frequently remarked to me that he owes, not alone his stellar honors, but his domestic happiness as well, to my generosity and good will.

Lipman and Mann’s last appearance on Broadway came in 1927 playing Madame Nina de Poulet and Karl Kraft in the dramatic comedy, That French Lady.