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Name: Candy Clark
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Date of Birth:
June 20, 1947
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Place of Birth:
Norman, Oklahoma, USA
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Trivia
Lived with Jeff Bridges. [1975-1977]
Was a fashion model in New York where she moved at age 18.
Graduated from Trimble Tech High School in Fort Worth, Texas.
Was romantically involv...( read more)ed with director Nicolas Roeg at the time she starred in his film The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976).
She played "Thomas Jerome Newton", David Bowie's character in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), in one scene with a hat strategically pulled over her face on a day when Bowie was too ill to perform.
Auditioned for the role of "Princess Leia" in Star Wars (1977).
Ex-stepmother of Jordan Sommers.
Was cited as one of the most promising movie personalities of 1973 in John Willis' 1974 Film Annual "Screen World" book.
Signed sixty of the Limited Edition American Graffiti 58 Impala 1:18 scale Ertl American Muscle cars for the very 1st time ever, during Rocky & Brenda Whitehead's private signing with her in Tucson, Arizona on 9 July 2000. Actor Bo Hopkins was also present.