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ACTOR
Birth Date
June 20, 1947 (age 77)
Birth Place
Fort Worth, TX
Family
Thomas Clark (father)
Ella Clark (mother)
Marjoe Gortner(first ex-husband)
Jeff Wald (second ex-husband)
Years Active
1972-present
Candace June "Candy" Clark is an American film and television actress well known for her role as Debbie Dunham in the 1973 film American Graffiti.
Biography[]
Clark was born on June 20, 1947, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Ella and Thomas Clark. She attended Green B. Trimble Technical High School. She pursued an acting career, her first well-known role being Debbie Dunham, who appeared in the 1973 film American Graffiti, which garnered her an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actress; she later reprised the role in 1979 for the movie's sequel More American Graffiti. She is also known for her role as Francine Hewitt in The Blob. Her other well-known films are The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Big Sleep, Blue Thunder, Cat's Eye, and At Close Range. Clark has also made guest appearances on several TV series, such as M The Candy Clark Interview: "Did anybody ever tell you you look just like Connie Stevens?" So says Terry the Toad played by Charles Martin Smith as he beckons sexy blonde Debbie Dunham (Candy Clark) over to his car in George Lucas' classic movie American Graffiti (1973). The entire movie is set on the last night of summer vacation in 1962 and its soundtrack, wall-to-wall oldies, inspired a huge 50's revival from Happy Days to The Stray Cats. The movie was made for less than $800,000 and made $140 million at the box office, making it possible for Lucas to then make Star Wars. The rest is history. Born Candace June Clark on June 20, 1947, Candy Clark made her debut for legendary director John Huston in the movie Fat City (1972). One year later, she became a hot commodity in Hollywood after the huge success of American Graffiti. In 1976 she starred in another classic movie, The Man Who Fell To Earth with David Bowie. Other movies she has appeared in include Jonathan Demm 1947 - Today Candace June Clark (born June 20, 1947) is an American actress and model. Read more on Wikipedia Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Candy Clark has received more than 1,800,268 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Candy Clark is the 3,651st most popular actor (up from 3,876th in 2019), the 5,450th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,886th in 2019) and the 1,641st most popular American Actor. Page Views (PV) Historical Popularity Index (HPI) Languages Editions (L) Effective Languages (L*) Coefficient of Variation (CV) Among actors, Candy Clark ranks 3,651 out of 13,578. Before her are Jennifer Esposito, Ikue Ōtani, Robert Cummings, Debbie Allen, Murilo Benício, and Richard Quine. After her are Annie Wersching, Catherine Bach, Neda Arnerić, Betty Hutton, Mark Moses, and Bo Svenson. Copyright ©axisthaw.pages.dev 2025•
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