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Candy Raymond

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Candy Raymond
Born
Candida Raymond

1950 (age 73–74)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationActress
Years active1969–present

Candida Raymond (born 1950[citation needed]) is an Australian actress of film and television during the 1970s and early 1980s.

Biography

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She attended St Ives High School in Sydney.[1]

As a teenager she played small guest roles in Australian television soap operas and TV series including Skippy (1969) and Riptide (1969). She also appeared in stage revues.[2]

She attended NIDA in a class that included John Hargreaves, Wendy Hughes and Grigor Taylor.[3]

In mid-1973, she played Jill Sheridan in Number 96 who was presented as a sex symbol in what was considered an adults only TV show, ultimately involving her in several, controversial, nude sequences,[1]. She then played a regular character in Class of '74.

In 1975, Raymond was a regular in a comic skit segment titled "The Checkout Chicks" which in turn was part of The Norman Gunston Show (1975).

As both actress and storyline writer, she played a Jewish escapee of Europe in the WWII based TV series The Sullivans (1976).

She also appeared in a number of feature films, including Alvin Rides Again (1974), the attractive artist Kerry in Don's Party (1976), A Viennese school teacher in The Getting of Wisdom (1977),[4] Money Movers (1978), The Journalist (1979), Freedom (1982) and Monkey Grip (1982).[5]

In 1977 she appeared in a talk show about astrology The Zodiac Girls.[6]

She was also in stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show and Play It Again, Sam.

In 1981, she played imprisoned journalist, Sandra Hamilton, in the TV series Prisoner. That year she said she hoped to write and produce a feature.[7]

1985 was a busy year. Over several months, Ms Raymond was involved in filming two television mini-series simultaneously in two different cities - In Sydney, she filmed Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe (1985), and in Melbourne, she was involved in The Great Bookie Robbery (1986).[8]

In the same year, she also starred in the ABC telefilm Breaking Up, playing a 30-something mother-of-two going through a marriage break-up. For this role, she later won an Australian Film Institute Award as best Actress in a tele-movie or mini-series.[9]

Through the 1980s and 1990s, Ms Raymond was active as a voice artist for radio and television and occasionally appeared in dramatized educational films.

Later career

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Her last feature film role was as a French / Vietnamese brothel Madam in the action film A Case of Honor (1991), which was filmed on location in the Philippines.

She appears as herself in the feature documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008), where she interviewed about women in Australian films of the 1970s.

Personal life

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Raymond presently lives near Bowral, Australia. She is the sister of actress Victoria Raymond also of Number 96 fame as the second actress to play Bev Houghton after Abigail left the role. Raymond is active in animal rights, writing and occasionally participating in local theatre and music events.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1972 Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens Gang member Feature film
1974 Alvin Rides Again Girl in office Tim Burstall Feature film
1976 Don's Party Kerry Bruce Beresford Feature film
1977 The Getting of Wisdom Miss Zielinski Bruce Beresford Feature film
1978 Money Movers Mindel Seagers Bruce Beresford Feature film
1979 The Journalist Sunshine Feature film
1982 Freedom Annie Feature film
1982 Monkey Grip Lillian Feature film
1989 A Case of Honor Charlene 'Charlie' Delibes Feature film, Philippines
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! Herself Feature film documentary

Television

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Year Title Role Type
1969 Riptide Teenage Girl TV series, 1 episode: "Jump High, Land Easy"
1969 Skippy Georgie TV series, 1 episode: "Plain Jane"
1971 Matlock Police Helene TV series, 1 episode: "The Gypsies"
1972 Division 4 Julie TV series, 1 episode: "Birds of a Feather"
1973 Number 96 Jill Sheridan TV series, 24 episodes Series regular in recurring role
1974 Silent Number Edy TV series, 1 episode: "Day Cruise"
1975 The Norman Gunston Show The Checkout Chicks sketch ABC TV series, 6 episodes Regular role
1976 The Sullivans Rachele TV series
1977 Bluey Susan Martin TV series, Episode 34: "Lonely Ordeal"
1977 Young Ramsay April Kent TV series Episode 3: "A Kid Is a Kid"
1978 Chopper Squad Lindy TV series, Episode 26: "Long Weekend"
1978–79 Cop Shop Sally Pitman, Beth Harrison TV series, 4 episodes Episodes: "1.215", "1.216", "1.140", "1.148"
1978 The Zodiac Girls unknown role TV pilot
1979 The Plumber Meg TV film
1981 Cornflakes for Tea Robin Hart TV film
1980 Kingswood Country Fiona Beaumont TV series, 1 episode: "The Shares of the Fisherman"
1981 Prisoner Sandra Hamilton TV series, 8 episodes Guest role
1982 M.P.S.I.B. Kuan Sadler ABC TV series, 1 episode: "Death of a Ghost"
1985 Breaking Up ABC TV movie
1985 WINNERS - The Other Facts Of Life Jean TV film series
1986 The Story of Johnny O'Keefe Maureen O'Keefe TV miniseries, 2 episodes
1986 The Great Bookie Robbery Sonya Reynolds TV miniseries, 3 episodes
1986 The Movers Sacha TV film
1988 Hey Dad..! Felicity Simpson-Green TV series, episode: "The Love Triangle"
1988 The Flying Doctors Joanne Wright TV series, 2 episodes: "Repeat Performance", "One Final Request"
1989 Rafferty's Rules Jean Robbins TV series, 1 episode: "The Plague"
1995 Sale Of The Century: Battle Of The TV Classics Herself TV series, 1 episode
2004 Count Your Toes: The Making Of ‘Money Movers’ Herself Video
2005 Crashing The Party: The Making Of ‘Don’s Party’ Herself Video
2006 Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making Of ‘The Getting Of Wisdom’ Herself Video
2008 Not Quite Hollywood: Deleted and Extended Scenes Herself Video

Theatre

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  • Killara 360 Revue (1967)[10]
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970) - Old Tote
  • Blood Wedding (1970) - Old Tote
  • Foursome (1975) - Seymour[11]
  • The Rocky Horror Show (1978)
  • Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1980) - Nimrod [12]

References

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  1. ^ "ON THE SNOWFIELDS". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia. 13 September 1967. p. 11. Retrieved 28 May 2020 – via Trove.
  2. ^ "COMMERCE — ENTERPRISE AND SKITS-A-PHRENIA". Tharunka. Vol. 13, no. 8. New South Wales, Australia. 6 June 1967. p. 14. Retrieved 20 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Where Judgment Day comes early each October". The Bulletin. 24 October 1970.
  4. ^ "WHO'S DOING WHAT". Filmnews. Vol. 6, no. 12. New South Wales, Australia. 1 December 1976. p. 10. Retrieved 20 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Jon breaks free". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 49, no. 42. Australia. 7 April 1982. p. 156 (TV & ENTERTAINMENT WORLD). Retrieved 20 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "'The Zodiac Girls' now being picked". The Canberra Times. Vol. 50, no. 14, 793. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 3 June 1977. p. 23. Retrieved 20 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "Some fresh faces[?] and old favourites for '81 Soapies". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 48, no. 39. Australia. 25 February 1981. p. 42 (TV WORLD). Retrieved 20 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Features 10 years later, cameras roll on the Great Bookie Robbery Bright light for a perfect crime". The Canberra Times. Vol. 60, no. 18, 448. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 5 April 1986. p. 7 (Section B). Retrieved 20 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Untitled". Filmnews. Vol. 16, no. 6. New South Wales, Australia. 1 November 1986. p. 4. Retrieved 20 January 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "COMMERCE — ENTERPRISE AND SKITS-A-PHRENIA". Tharunka. New South Wales, Australia. 6 June 1967. p. 14. Retrieved 28 May 2020 – via Trove.
  11. ^ "Theatre Up, up and away". The Bulletin. 15 November 1975.
  12. ^ Review at The Bulletin
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