Candy Darling
Biography
Candy Darling was an American actress known as a Warhol superstar. She rose in New York City's underground film scene after Andy Warhol cast her in a comic scene in Flesh (1968). She had a leading part in Women in Revolt (1971), a satire of the women's liberation movement. Her independent credits included Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), Brand X (1970), and Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971). Her mainstream work included Klute (1970), a film with Jane Fonda, and Lady Liberty (1971), a film with Sophia Loren. On stage, she appeared in Vain Victory: The Vicissitudes of the Damned at La MaMa and in the original 1972 production of Tennessee Williams's Small Craft Warnings. She contributed interviews to Warhol's Interview magazine, and Cecil Beaton and Richard Avedon photographed her. She died in 1974.
29years old at death
- Born Forest Hills
- Died Manhattan
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 42 years1968 to 2010
Every film, newest first
- 2010Public SpeakingIMDb rating 7.6
- 2004Superstar in a HousedressIMDb rating 7.6
- 1972Silent Night, Bloody NightIMDb rating 5.2
- 1968FleshIMDb rating 5.6
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Big break
Darling was cast in the original 1972 production of Tennessee Williams' play Small Craft Warnings after Williams himself requested her for the part.
Beyond film
In 1973, Darling appeared at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in a revival of Tom Eyen's 1964 play The White Wh*re and the Bit Player. She played a Hollywood actress called only the Wh*re, a part based on Marilyn Monroe.
Behind the camera
Darling interviewed Ray Davies of the Kinks, Salvador Dali and Lauren Hutton for Warhol's Interview magazine between 1972 and 1973.
Big break
Warhol was taken with Darling's beauty, so he gave her a small funny part in Flesh (1968) alongside Curtis and Joe Dallesandro.
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Worked with
Candy Darling shares two films with Joe Dallesandro, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Joe Dallesandro's page
Jackie Curtis's page
John Carradine's page
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Lily Tomlin's page
Mary Woronov's page
Theodore GershunyDirector, 1 film, 1972
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