Vivienne Chandler
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Vivienne Chandler is a retired French actress who became a professional photographer following her acting career.
in 1970 but she immediately began acting minor parts in a number of major early 1970s films including Lust for a Vampire
, A Fistful of Dynamite
and Stanley Kubrick
's A Clockwork Orange
(1971). She made several small appearances in the 1980s and appeared in Babies in 1997 but since then she has become a professional photographer working in the U.S.
and many countries across Europe including France
, Italy
and the UK. She went to University Paris Diderot between her film and television roles but all the time was interested in the process of image-making.
, Oxford
and Kent
and sold to private collectors in France, England and Japan
.
Biography
She made her first appearance on TV in ITV PlayhouseITV Playhouse
ITV Playhouse was a UK comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a...
in 1970 but she immediately began acting minor parts in a number of major early 1970s films including Lust for a Vampire
Lust for a Vampire
Lust For a Vampire is a 1971 British Hammer Horror film directed by Jimmy Sangster, starring Yutte Stensgaard, Michael Johnston and Barbara Jefford. It is the second film in the so-called Karnstein Trilogy loosely based on the J. Sheridan Le Fanu novella Carmilla...
, A Fistful of Dynamite
A Fistful of Dynamite
Duck, You Sucker! , also known as A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time… the Revolution, is a 1971 Zapata Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Rod Steiger and James Coburn....
and Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick was an American film director, writer, producer, and photographer who lived in England during most of the last four decades of his career...
's A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange is a 1962 dystopian novella by Anthony Burgess. The novel contains an experiment in language: the characters often use an argot called "Nadsat", derived from Russian....
(1971). She made several small appearances in the 1980s and appeared in Babies in 1997 but since then she has become a professional photographer working in the U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and many countries across Europe including France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Italy
Italy
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and the UK. She went to University Paris Diderot between her film and television roles but all the time was interested in the process of image-making.
Photography
As a photographer she reinvented her name for a while as Holly Bush and later Holly Bund as her career changed direction. Photographing mainly children, she has exhibited in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, Oxford
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
and Kent
Kent
Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
and sold to private collectors in France, England and Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
Filmography
- "Babies" (1997) (mini) TV Series as Advertising Executive 2
- Young Sherlock HolmesYoung Sherlock HolmesYoung Sherlock Holmes is a 1985 mystery/adventure film directed by Barry Levinson, produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Chris Columbus, based on characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle...
(1985) as Mrs. Holmes - The Ploughman's LunchThe Ploughman's LunchThe Ploughman's Lunch is a 1983 film written by Ian McEwan and directed by Richard Eyre which featuring Jonathan Pryce, Tim Curry and Rosemary Harris.The film looks at the media world in Margaret Thatcher's Britain during the time of the Falklands War...
(1983) as Mum in Commercial - The Draughtsman's Contract (1982) as Laundress
- Victor/Victoria (1982) as Chambermaid
- A Clockwork OrangeA Clockwork OrangeA Clockwork Orange is a 1962 dystopian novella by Anthony Burgess. The novel contains an experiment in language: the characters often use an argot called "Nadsat", derived from Russian....
(1971) as Handmaiden in Bible Fantasy - A Fistful of DynamiteA Fistful of DynamiteDuck, You Sucker! , also known as A Fistful of Dynamite and Once Upon a Time… the Revolution, is a 1971 Zapata Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Rod Steiger and James Coburn....
(1971) as John's girlfriend (flashback) - Twins of Evil (1971) (uncredited) as Schoolgirl
- Lust for a VampireLust for a VampireLust For a Vampire is a 1971 British Hammer Horror film directed by Jimmy Sangster, starring Yutte Stensgaard, Michael Johnston and Barbara Jefford. It is the second film in the so-called Karnstein Trilogy loosely based on the J. Sheridan Le Fanu novella Carmilla...
(1971) as Schoolgirl - "ITV PlayhouseITV PlayhouseITV Playhouse was a UK comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a...
" (1 episode, 1970)