Candy Darling

Candy Darling

Born: November 24, 1944
Died: March 21, 1974
in Forest Hills, New York
Candy Darling (November 24, 1944 – March 21, 1974) was an American actress, best known as a Warhol Superstar and transgender icon. She starred in Andy Warhol's films Flesh and Women in Revolt, and was a muse of The Velvet Underground.

Movies for Candy Darling...

Disclosure
Title: Disclosure
Character: Candy (archive footage)
Released: June 19, 2020
Type: Movie
An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.
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Public Speaking
Title: Public Speaking
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 22, 2010
Type: Movie
A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monologues with archival footage and the effect is a portrait of Fran's worldview and experiences.
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Beautiful Darling
Title: Beautiful Darling
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 2, 2010
Type: Movie
James Rasin's documentary “Beautiful Darling” honors American Transgender actress and best-known Warhol Superstar, Candy Darling, and her all-too-brief life and career, with a combination of current and vintage interview material, rarely seen archival photos and footage, and extracts from Darling's movies.
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Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
Title: Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 5, 2004
Type: Movie
Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her work and her influence, along with clips from Curtis’s Warhol films as well as never-before-seen footage from her stage shows.
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The Cockettes
Title: The Cockettes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 16, 2002
Type: Movie
Documentary about the gender-bending San Francisco performance group who became a pop culture phenomenon in the early 1970s.
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Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Title: Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 18, 1990
Type: Movie
Iconic American artist and filmmaker Andy Warhol is the subject of this documentary, which looks at both his life and his influence on pop culture. The film provides details about Warhol's upbringing in Pittsburgh and follows his move to New York City, where he found massive success turning pop imagery into art and eventually founded "The Factory," his famed studio and party venue. Among the many notables interviewed are Dennis Hopper, David Hockney, and Roy Lichtenstein.
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Title: Moonlighting
Character: Reporter #2
Released: March 3, 1985
Type: TV
After being duped and going bankrupt, model Maddie is convinced by David to become a partner in a detective agency. Together they solve various cases, while getting comfortable with each other.
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Joan's Dream
Title: Joan's Dream
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
With the ascetic grandeur of Carl Th. Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc, Schroeter evokes the visions of Saint Joan, partly through unused footage of Darling and Caven pantomiming in his 1972 film The Death of Maria Malibran. - MoMA
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Warhol
Title: Warhol
Character: Herself
Released: March 27, 1973
Type: Movie
David Bailey, self-taught photographer and one of the prime architects of the Swinging Sixties, broadened his horizons in the early 1970s by making high-profile documentaries for ATV. With his standing among the artistic community, Bailey was given unprecedented access to Pop Art legend Andy Warhol and his followers, in an attempt to penetrate behind the expressionless exterior of a man who was one of the most controversial figures of his generation.
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Night of the Dark Full Moon
Title: Night of the Dark Full Moon
Character: Guest
Released: November 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A man investigates the grisly crimes that occurred in a former insane asylum, unsettling the locals who all seem to have something to hide.
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The Death of Maria Malibran
Title: The Death of Maria Malibran
Released: March 2, 1972
Type: Movie
A series of tableaux illustrating the life and death of a celebrated 19th century German opera singer.
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Andy Warhol
Title: Andy Warhol
Character: Self
Released: January 2, 1972
Type: Movie
With a rambling, unstructured style that echoes Andy Warhol’s own approach to filmmaking, this documentary profiles his career, showing him to be a brilliant manipulator, dedicated voyeur and person of astute commercial judgment.
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Lady Liberty
Title: Lady Liberty
Character: Transvestite (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1971
Type: Movie
The story concerns the difficulties and reactions of Maddalena (Sophia Loren), an Italian visitor to New York City. She has come to the country carrying a huge mortadella sausage which she intends as a gift for her fiancé. But Customs do not allow processed meat to enter the U.S., so she is held at JFK airport...
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Women in Revolt
Title: Women in Revolt
Character: Candy
Released: December 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Candy is an aloof heiress caught in an unhappy relationship with her brother. Jackie is a virginal intellectual who believes women are oppressed in contemporary American society. And Holly is a nymphomaniac who has come to loathe men, despite her attraction to them. Together, they join a militant feminist group, P.I.G. (Politically Involved Girls), but their newfound liberation doesn't make them any happier.
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Some of My Best Friends Are...
Title: Some of My Best Friends Are...
Character: Karen – Harry
Released: October 27, 1971
Type: Movie
Regulars gather at The Blue Jay, a gay bar in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, to celebrate Christmas Eve 1971 with people they consider family.
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Klute
Title: Klute
Character: Discothèque Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1971
Type: Movie
A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.
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The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
Title: The Magic Garden of Stanley Sweetheart
Character: Herself - Extra
Released: May 26, 1970
Type: Movie
A 23-year-old Columbia University dropout seeks his identity during the sexual revolution.
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Brand X
Title: Brand X
Character: Marlene D-Train
Released: May 18, 1970
Type: Movie
In 1969, Taylor Mead complained to his friend artist Wynn Chamberlain that Andy Warhol had never paid him for any of the work he had done for him and Wynn said he would make a film especially for Taylor. Inspired by the banality of 1960's television, Chamberlain wrote and directed Brand X, an 87 minute series of faux television shows spoofing the politics and mass media of the day, complete with commercials for Sex, Sweat, Computer Dating and Peanut Butter. BRAND X follows Taylor Mead through a day in a wacky television studio as he portrays an exercise guru, a talk show host, a veteran returning from the American Civil War, a hospital patient in a soap opera, the President of the United States and a televangelist giving the Nightly Sermon. BRAND X satirizes President Nixon, the Vietnam War, sex, drugs, computers, money and race relations.
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Flesh
Title: Flesh
Character: Candy
Released: December 16, 1968
Type: Movie
A heroin junkie works as a prostitute to support his habit and fund an abortion needed by the girlfriend of his lesbian wife. His seedy encounters with delusional and damaged clients, and dates with drag queens and hustlers are heavy on sex, drugs and decadence.