Candy Clark

{{Infobox person

| name = Candy Clark

| image = File:Candy Clark in Handle with Care.jpg

| caption = Clark in Handle with Care (1977)

| birth_name = Candace June Clark

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|6|20}}

| birth_place = Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|model}}

| years_active = 1972–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Marjoe Gortner|1978|1979|end=divorced}}
{{marriage|Jeff Wald|1987|1988|end=divorced}}

}}

Candace June Clark{{Cite news|title=The celebrity collector: Candy Clark|author=Hall, Ken|date=June 2003|work=Antiques & Collecting Magazine|pages=26–28|quote=Candace June Clark was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, before heading east for the magnetic allure of modeling, acting and fame.|id={{ProQuest|197167761}}}} (born June 20, 1947){{Cite news|title=Celebrity Birthdays|author=|date=June 20, 2023|work=Florida Today|page=2A|quote=Singer Anne Murray is 78. Home repair host Bob Vila is 77. Classical pianist Andre Watts is 77. Actor Candy Clarke ('American Graffiti') is 76. Singer Lionel Richie is 74. Actor John Goodman is 71.|id={{ProQuest|2828989369}}}} See also:

{{Cite news|title=Today in history: Today's birthdays|author=|date=June 20, 1988|work=Asbury Park Press|page=20|quote=Singer Anne Murray is 43. Actress Candy Clark is 41. Singer Cyndi Lauper is 35.|id={{ProQuest|2011958722}}}} is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Debbie Dunham in the 1973 film American Graffiti, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and her role as Mary Lou in the 1976 film The Man Who Fell to Earth.

Early life

Born in Norman, Oklahoma, to Ella (née Padberg) and Thomas Clark, a chef, she grew up in Fort Worth, Texas. She attended Green B. Trimble Technical High School.[http://www.fwweekly.com/2012/10/03/tech-revolution/ "Candy Clark Tech Revolution" – Fort Worth Weekly]

Career

Clark's first acting role was the character of Faye in John Huston's film Fat City (1972). She also starred or acted in American Graffiti (1973), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), The Big Sleep (1978), Q (1982), Blue Thunder (1983), Amityville 3-D (1983), Cat's Eye (1985) and At Close Range (1986) and played the role of Francine Hewitt in The Blob (1988).

She appeared in the 2009 film The Informant! as the mother of Mark Whitacre, played by Matt Damon. In 2011, Clark went to Berlin to work on the play Images of Louise Brooks, directed by Sven Mundt.

Along with her film work, she also has made guest appearances on television series, including Dating Game, Magnum, P.I., Banacek, Simon & Simon, Matlock, Baywatch Nights, Criminal Minds, and Twin Peaks: The Return.

Clark appeared on Ken Reid's TV Guidance Counselor podcast on January 20, 2017.[https://tvguidancecounselor.libsyn.com/tv-guidance-counselor-episode-202-candy-clark "TV Guidance Counselor Episode 202: Candy Clark"]. LibSyn.com. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

Personal life

Clark dated Jeff Bridges for several years after they met on the set of Fat City in 1972.{{cite news|title=The ride of her life|author=Edward Guthmann|date=2007-08-23|access-date=2007-08-23|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/23/DDNBRMLBT.DTL}} She was married to Marjoe Gortner from 1978 to 1979.{{Cite news|title=Hollywood: Inhabitants of 'Little House on the Prairie' move to town in the fall|author=Beck, Marilyn|date=June 28, 1978|work=Ithaca Journal|page=26|quote=Marjoe Gortner hosted a birthday bash at his hilltop hideaway the other night for bride Candy Clark — whom he secretly married on April 16 in Juarez, Mexico.|id={{ProQuest|2041567175}}}}. See also:

{{Cite news|title=There's more 'Graffiti' ahead for Candy clark|author=Lardine, Bob|date=July 31, 1979|work=New York Daily News|page=24|quote=Candy Clark admits that she's impulsive. 'Heck,' she says, 'I even got married on the spur of the moment.' That was to actor Marjoe Gortner and it lasted just eight months, breaking up officially in June.|id={{ProQuest|2313374854}}}} She married Jeff Wald in 1987 and divorced him in 1988.{{Cite news|title='Dukakis the Sexy': Is Massachusetts man every woman's dream?|author=Sloan, Robin Adams|date=October 25, 1988|work=The Journal-News|page=C3|quote=Helen and Candy, a 41-year-old actress who's been in a host of mostly 'B' Hollywood movies, have little in common. What they share is a marriage to the same husband, agent-manager Jeff Wald. It was Wald who was involved with Reddy in the nasty divorce settlement a few years back when she took up with a younger man. Wald married Clark soon afterward, and now that marriage has gone up in smoke after only 15 months.|id={{ProQuest|2039117744}}}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1972 \|Fat City \|Faye Murdock \|
1973 \|American Graffiti \|Debbie Dunham \|Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
1976 \|I Will, I Will... for Now \|Sally Bingham \|
1976 \|{{sortname\|The\|Man Who Fell to Earth}} \|Mary-Lou \|
1977 \|Handle with Care \|Pam "Electra" Armbruster \|
1978 \|{{sortname\|The\|Big Sleep\|The Big Sleep (1978 film)}} \|Camilla Sternwood \|
1979 \|When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? \|Cheryl \|
1979 \|More American Graffiti \|Debbie Dunham \|
1982 \|National Lampoon's Movie Madness \|Susan Cooper \|"Growing Yourself"
1982 \|Q \|Joan \|
1983 \|Blue Thunder \|Kate \|
1983 \|Hambone and Hillie \|Nancy Rollins \|
1983 \|Amityville 3-D \|Melanie \|
1985 \|Cat's Eye \|Sally Ann Cressner \|
1986 \|At Close Range \|Mary Sue Whitewood \|
1988 \|{{sortname\|The\|Blob\|The Blob (1988 film)}} \|Fran Hewitt \|
1988 \|Blind Curve \|Mimi \|
1991 \|Cool as Ice \|Grace Winslow \|
1992 \|Deuce Coupe \|Jean Fitzpatrick \|
1992 \|Original Intent \|Jessica Cameron \|Video
1992 \|Buffy the Vampire Slayer \|Joyce Summers \|
1997 \|Niagara, Niagara \|Sally \|
2000 \|Cherry Falls \|Marge Marken \|
2002 \|{{sortname\|The\|Month of August\|nolink=1}} \|Tina \|
2007 \|Zodiac \|Carol Fisher \|
2008 \|Dog Tags \|Deb Merritt \|
2009 \|The Informant! \|Mrs. Whitacre \|
2009 \|Cry of the Mummy \|Jane Torquemada \|Short
2011 \|Bob's New Suit \|Aunt Tootie \|
2016 \|Cold Moon \|Evelyn Larkin \|
2018 \|5 Weddings \|Claudia Burrell \|
2018 \|Two Girls \|Ida as an Adult \|Voice

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1972

|Fat City

|Faye Murdock

1973

|American Graffiti

|Debbie Dunham

|Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

1976

|I Will, I Will... for Now

|Sally Bingham

1976

|{{sortname|The|Man Who Fell to Earth}}

|Mary-Lou

1977

|Handle with Care

|Pam "Electra" Armbruster

1978

|{{sortname|The|Big Sleep|The Big Sleep (1978 film)}}

|Camilla Sternwood

1979

|When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?

|Cheryl

1979

|More American Graffiti

|Debbie Dunham

1982

|National Lampoon's Movie Madness

|Susan Cooper

|"Growing Yourself"

1982

|Joan

1983

|Blue Thunder

|Kate

1983

|Hambone and Hillie

|Nancy Rollins

1983

|Amityville 3-D

|Melanie

1985

|Cat's Eye

|Sally Ann Cressner

1986

|At Close Range

|Mary Sue Whitewood

1988

|{{sortname|The|Blob|The Blob (1988 film)}}

|Fran Hewitt

1988

|Blind Curve

|Mimi

1991

|Cool as Ice

|Grace Winslow

1992

|Deuce Coupe

|Jean Fitzpatrick

1992

|Original Intent

|Jessica Cameron

|Video

1992

|Buffy the Vampire Slayer

|Joyce Summers

1997

|Niagara, Niagara

|Sally

2000

|Cherry Falls

|Marge Marken

2002

|{{sortname|The|Month of August|nolink=1}}

|Tina

2007

|Zodiac

|Carol Fisher

2008

|Dog Tags

|Deb Merritt

2009

|The Informant!

|Mrs. Whitacre

2009

|Cry of the Mummy

|Jane Torquemada

|Short

2011

|Bob's New Suit

|Aunt Tootie

2016

|Cold Moon

|Evelyn Larkin

2018

|5 Weddings

|Claudia Burrell

2018

|Two Girls

|Ida as an Adult

|Voice

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1972 \|Room 222 \|Andrea \|"The Witch of Whitman High"
1973 \|{{sortname\|The\|New Perry Mason}} \|Julie Potter \|"The Case of the Prodigal Prophet"
1973 \|Banacek \|Gretel \|"No Stone Unturned"
1973–74 \|Insight \|Ginny \|"Celebration in Fresh Powder", "Ginny"
1974 \|The New Dick Van Dyke Show \|Pamela Sherry \|"The Hickey"
1976 \|James Dean \|Chris White \|TV film
1979 \|Amateur Night at the Dixie Bar and Grill \|Sharee \|TV film
1980 \|Where the Ladies Go \|Charlene \|TV film
1980 \|Rodeo Girl \|J.R. Patterson \|TV film
1982 \|Faerie Tale Theatre \|Queen Gwynneth \|"The Tale of the Frog Prince"
1982 \|Johnny Belinda \|Julie Sayles \|TV film
1983 \|Cocaine and Blue Eyes \|Ruthann Gideon \|TV film
1984 \|I Gave at the Office \|Julie \|TV film
1985–86 \|Magnum, P.I. \|Leslie "Scooter" Emory \|"The Hotel Dick", "Straight and Narrow"
1986 \|Simon & Simon \|Cotton \|"Act Five"
1986 \|Popeye Doyle \|Corinne Evans \|TV film
1986 \|Starman \|Shannon McGovern \|"Like Father, Like Son"
1986 \|Hunter \|Jody Stone \|"Crime of Passion"
1987 \|{{sortname\|The\|Hitchhiker\|The Hitchhiker (TV series)}} \|Cheryl Barnes \|"Secret Ingredient"
1987 \|Brothers \|Candy \|"There's a Lid for Every Pot"
1987 \|Matlock \|Kitty Carroll \|"The Country Boy"
1988 \|St. Elsewhere \|Harry \|"Their Town"
1990 \|Father Dowling Mysteries \|Iris Blackman \|"The Passionate Painter Mystery"
1992 \|{{sortname\|The\|Price She Paid\|nolink=1}} \|Marlene \|TV film
1995 \|{{sortname\|The\|Wright Verdicts\|nolink=1}} \|Eileen Cates \|"Ex-Corpus Delicti"
1995 \|Baywatch Nights \|Julie Young \|"Just a Gigolo"
2006 \|Mystery Woman: Redemption \|Kathy Starkwell \|TV film
2012–19 \|Criminal Minds \|Sandy Jareau \|"Run", "If the Shoe Fits", "Hamelin"
2013 \|On Cinema \|Herself \|Adult Swim webshow, "The First Annual 'On Cinema' Oscar Special"
2016 \|Roadside Stars \|Grandma Lambert \|TV film
2017 \|Twin Peaks \|Doris Truman \|2 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1972

|Room 222

|Andrea

|"The Witch of Whitman High"

1973

|{{sortname|The|New Perry Mason}}

|Julie Potter