Candace Hilligoss

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Candace Hilligoss (born August 14, 1935 in Huron , South Dakota ) is an American actress . She gained fame through her lead role in the 1962 horror film Dance of the Dead Souls .

Life

Candace Hilligoss was born in 1935 in Huron, South Dakota. After three years at the University of Iowa , she went to New York to take acting classes at the American Theater Wing . She made her first appearances as a stage actress in Pennsylvania before she found employment in a theater in Cape Cod . Among other things, she was on stage at Nina Foch 's side in Idiot's Delight . After her return to New York, she appeared in various television programs and in the famous Copacabana nightclub .

In 1962, Hilligoss played her first and best-known film role as Mary Henry in the low-budget horror film Dance of the Dead Souls , which developed into a cult film in the following years . In 1964 she was seen in another horror film with The Curse of the Living Corpse . Hilligoss took on her last role in a feature film in 1971 in Südlich der Teufelsberge , a western with horror film elements.

In addition to her film career, Hilligoss also worked as a television actress. In 1962 she appeared in an episode of the crime series Merciless City . In 1981 she played the role of Kimberley in an episode of the crime series Quincy . After further appearances in documentaries on the subject of horror films, Hilligoss withdrew from show business in 2001. She still appears as a speaker and interview partner at horror conventions . In 2016 she published her biography under the title The Odyssey and The Idiocy, Marriage to an Actor, A Memoir .

Since a re-release of Dance of Dead Souls and a resurgence of interest in film in 1989, Hilligoss has encouraged the production of a sequel or remake. Although this appeared in 1998 under the title Wes Craven's Carnival of Souls ( Wes Craven was only namesake and not involved in the shooting), Hilligoss declined a role in the production due to their opinion of poor quality and deviations from the original. In the thriller Bad Girl - Murder Is No Solution , also published in 1998, you can see footage of Hilligoss from Dance of Dead Souls .

Candace Hilligoss was married to the actor Nicolas Coster until their divorce in 1981 , with whom they have two children.

Filmography

  • 1962: Dance of the Dead Souls (Carnival of Souls)
  • 1962: Merciless City ( Naked City ; TV series, episode)
  • 1964: The Curse of the Living Corpse
  • 1971: South of Hell Mountain
  • 1981: Quincy ( Quincy, ME ; television series, episode)
  • 1998: Bad Girl - Murder Is No Solution ( Wicked ; archive footage from Dance of Dead Souls )
  • 2001: Talk Fast (documentary)

literature

  • Tom Weaver: I Was a Monster Movie Maker: Conversations with 22 SF and Horror Filmmakers . McFarland, Jefferson 2010, ISBN 978-0-7864-6265-0
  • Candace Hilligoss: The Odyssey and The Idiocy, Marriage to an Actor, A Memoir . First Edition Design Publishing, Sarasota 2016, ISBN 978-1-5069-0116-9

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Weaver: I Was a Monster Movie Maker: Conversations with 22 SF and Horror Filmmakers . McFarland, Jefferson 2010, ISBN 978-0-7864-6265-0 , 88.
personal data
SURNAME Hilligoss, Candace
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Huron , South Dakota , United States