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Candy Darling
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1944
- Died
- 1974
- Works
- 2
Top works
- My Face for the World to See
- Candy Darling
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Film & TV
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.
Known for
- Candy Darling2025
- Andy Warhol's America2022
- Disclosure — Candy (archive footage)2020
- Andy Warhol, Fluorescent — (archive footage)2016
- A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol — self2015
- Public Speaking — Self (archive footage)2011
- Beautiful Darling — Self (archive footage)2010
- Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory2008
- Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis — Self (archive footage)2004
- The Cockettes — Self (archive footage)2002
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 259
- Total plays
- 964
Tags
70sPost punksuicidevanity
Candy Darling is Emily Breeze (guitar, vocals), Rob Norbury (guitar) and Adam Coombs (keys, drum machines). Rising from the ashes of Post Punk Bristol underground scene with kickass guitar sound, deep velvet voice of Emily and inspiration from the vain of sex, fashion and suicide. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Candy+Darling">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- trans woman
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Forest Hills
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Candy Darling in Silent Night, Bloody Night.png
Show 7 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lymphoma
- date of birth
- 1944-11-24
- date of death
- 1974-05-21
- Commons category
- Candy Darling
- birth name
- James Lawrence Slattery
- writing language
- English language
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