Candy Clark
- Birthday
- Jun 20, 1947
- Birthplace
- Norman, Oklahoma, USA
Bio: Model-turned-actress Candy Clark first came to filmgoers' attention with a secondary role in John Huston's Fat City. Then Clark really went to town as gum-chewing, dumb-like-a-fox Debbie Dunham in American Graffiti (1974); for her portrayal of the girl who reminds Charles Martin Smith of Connie Stevens (well, it sounded like a good pick-up line, anyway), she was… More Bio: Model-turned-actress Candy Clark first came to filmgoers' attention with a secondary role in John Huston's Fat City. Then Clark really went to town as gum-chewing, dumb-like-a-fox Debbie Dunham in American Graffiti (1974); for her portrayal of the girl who reminds Charles Martin Smith of Connie Stevens (well, it sounded like a good pick-up line, anyway), she was nominated for an Academy Award. Equally worthwhile roles followed in The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), which included the scene wherein a sympathetic Clark lifted and carried ailing alien David Bowie, and the 1978 remake of The Big Sleep, which featured the actress as the deviant, thumb-sucking Carmilla Sternwood. Then, inexplicably, the actress endured a cinematic dry spell, though she was seen (and her Oklahoma accent heard) to good advantage in the made-for-TV movies Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill (1979) and Rodeo Girl (1980). In 1981, she made her first off-Broadway appearance in A Coupla White Chicks Sitting Around Talking. Candy Clark has been consigned to maternal roles in such films as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Radioland Murders (1994). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Filmography
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Bob's New Suit (2013)
- Actor
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The Blob (2011)
- Actor
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The Informant! (2009)
- Mark Whitacre's Mother
- 78%
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Dog Tags (2008)
- Actor
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Zodiac (2007)
- Carol Fisher
- 90%
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Candy Clark Videos
The Informant
3 minutes 32 seconds
Buffy The Vampire Slayer
2 minutes 36 seconds
At Close Range
2 minutes 35 seconds
Zodiac
2 minutes 25 seconds
Cool As Ice
1 minutes 31 seconds
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