Candace Glendenning
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Biography
She remains best known for her work in horror films of the 1970s such as The Flesh and Blood ShowThe Flesh and Blood Show
The Flesh and Blood Show is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Pete Walker and starring Ray Brooks, Jenny Hanley and Luan Peters. A group of young actors rehearsing a new play in a derelict theatre at the end of a seaside pier begin being murdered one by one.-Cast:* Ray Brooks ... Mike*...
, Tower of Evil
Tower of Evil
Tower of Evil, also known by the title Beyond the Fog in the United States and Horror of Snape Island and Horror on Snape Island in Canada, is a 1972 British horror film...
and Satan's Slave
Satan's Slave
Satan's Slave is a horror film directed by Norman J. Warren and starring Michael Gough.-Plot:A young girl, Catherine Yorke , shares a ride with her parents to visit her uncle Alexander , that no one had met before...
. Known for her great beauty, these films featured large amounts of nudity from her and several sex scenes. She and Kay Lenz
Kay Lenz
Kay Ann Lenz is an American actress.A former child performer, Lenz has worked primarily in television and has won two Emmy Awards.-Background:...
were rumoured to have been offered the part of the possessed girl Regan McNeil in the film The Exorcist
The Exorcist
The Exorcist is a novel of supernatural suspense by William Peter Blatty, published by Harper & Row in 1971. It was inspired by a 1949 case of demonic possession and exorcism that Blatty heard about while he was a student in the class of 1950 at Georgetown University, a Jesuit school...
. Lenz declined because she was too old, as was Glendenning, and she had already signed to director Jim O'Connolly to film Tower of Evil (1972). The part went to Linda Blair
Linda Blair
Linda Denise Blair is an American actress. Blair is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the 1973 film The Exorcist, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and two Golden Globes, winning one. She reprised her role in 1977's Exorcist II: The Heretic.-Biography:Blair...
instead.
She has also appeared on television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
in series such as Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green
Dixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series that ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. Despite being a drama series, it was initially produced by the BBC's light entertainment department.-Overview:...
, The Tyrant King and Ripping Yarns
Ripping Yarns
Ripping Yarns is a British television comedy series, shown on BBC 2 from 1976 to 1979. It was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame...
. Possibly her most famous television role was the Blake's 7
Blake's 7
Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...
episode "Weapon", in which she played the beautiful former bond-slave Rashel. She also played grand duchess Maria in the 1971 film Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra
Nicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical film which tells the story of the last Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra....
.
Personal life
Candace Glendenning was married to Jazzman Paul Zec (1973-?), they had a daughter Joanna (1973-) but they have to divorce some years later. She married Alan Smith since 1988, and lives in Norfolk.Filmography
- Up PompeiiUp Pompeii (film)Up Pompeii is a 1971 British comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd and Michael Hordern. The film was shot at Elstree Film Studios, Borehamwood, England...
(1971) as Stone Girl - Nicholas and AlexandraNicholas and AlexandraNicholas and Alexandra is a 1971 biographical film which tells the story of the last Russian monarch, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, and his wife, Tsarina Alexandra....
(1971) as Maria - Tower of EvilTower of EvilTower of Evil, also known by the title Beyond the Fog in the United States and Horror of Snape Island and Horror on Snape Island in Canada, is a 1972 British horror film...
(1972) as Penelope "Penny" Read - The Flesh and Blood ShowThe Flesh and Blood ShowThe Flesh and Blood Show is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Pete Walker and starring Ray Brooks, Jenny Hanley and Luan Peters. A group of young actors rehearsing a new play in a derelict theatre at the end of a seaside pier begin being murdered one by one.-Cast:* Ray Brooks ... Mike*...
(1972) as Sarah - Diamonds on WheelsDiamonds on WheelsDiamonds on Wheels is a 1974 British family comedy film directed by Jerome Courtland and starring Patrick Allen, George Sewell and Derek Newark and Barry Jackson....
(1974) as Elizabeth - Satan's SlaveSatan's SlaveSatan's Slave is a horror film directed by Norman J. Warren and starring Michael Gough.-Plot:A young girl, Catherine Yorke , shares a ride with her parents to visit her uncle Alexander , that no one had met before...
(1976) as Catherine York
Television appearances
- The Tyrant King (6 episodes, 1968)
- The ExpertThe ExpertThe Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976.The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases.The...
(1 episode, 1971) - The Main ChanceThe Main ChanceThe Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV from 1969-1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.-Episodes:...
(1 episode, 1972) - The Strauss FamilyThe Strauss FamilyThe Strauss Family is a 1972 Associated Television series, made in England, of eight episodes, about the family of composers of that name, including Johann Strauss I and his sons Johann Strauss II, Eduard Strauss and Josef Strauss....
(1 episode, 1972) - BBC Play of the Month (2 episodes, 1972–1973)
- Dixon of Dock GreenDixon of Dock GreenDixon of Dock Green was a popular BBC television series that ran from 1955 to 1976, and later a radio series. Despite being a drama series, it was initially produced by the BBC's light entertainment department.-Overview:...
(1 episode, 1975) - Disneyland (3 episodes, 1974)
- Ten from the Twenties (1 episode, 1975)
- Play for TodayPlay for TodayPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted...
(1 episode, 1976) - SceneScene- Arts and media :* Scene , an element of a larger fictional work such as a play* Scene , a part of action in a single location in a TV or movie, composed of a series of shots* Scene , a BBC drama anthology for teenagers...
(2 episodes, 1976) - Ripping YarnsRipping YarnsRipping Yarns is a British television comedy series, shown on BBC 2 from 1976 to 1979. It was written by Michael Palin and Terry Jones of Monty Python fame...
(1 episode, 1977) - RainbowRainbowA rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon that causes a spectrum of light to appear in the sky when the Sun shines on to droplets of moisture in the Earth's atmosphere. It takes the form of a multicoloured arc...
(1 episode, 1977) - Blake's 7Blake's 7Blake's 7 is a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC for its BBC1 channel. The series was created by Terry Nation, a prolific television writer and creator of the Daleks for the television series Doctor Who. Four series of Blake's 7 were produced and broadcast between 1978...
(1 episode, 1979) - Flesh and BloodFlesh and Blood- Music :*Flesh and Blood , 1980*Flesh & Blood , 1990*Flesh and Blood , a 1997 album by Maddy Prior*Flesh and Blood , 1999...
(6 episodes, 1980–1982) - Angels (1 episode, 1982)