Candy Darling

Candy Darling (24 November 1944 - 21 March 1974) was a transsexual Warhol superstar who starred in Andy Warhol's films Flesh (1968) and Women in Revolt (1971).

After Warhol

Candy Darling went on to appear in other independent films, including Brand X, Silent Night, Bloody Night, as well as a co-starring role as a victim of gay bashing in Some of My Best Friends Are... She also appeared in Klute (as an extra in the disco scene) with Jane Fonda and Lady Liberty with Sophia Loren. In 1971 she went to Vienna to make two films with director Werner Schroeder - The Death of Maria Malibran and another one that was never released.

Related Topics:
Brand X - Silent Night, Bloody Night - Some of My Best Friends Are... - Klute - Jane Fonda - Sophia Loren - Vienna - Werner Schroeder

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Theatre credits include two Jackie Curtis plays - Glamour, Glory and Gold (1967) and Vain Victory: The Vicissitudes of the Damned (1971) and Tennessee Williams' play Small Craft Warnings, on the invitation of Williams himself.

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Her attempt at cracking the mainstream movie circuit by campaigning for the leading role in Myra Breckinridge led to rejection and bitterness, and she succumbed to leukemia on March 21, 1974.

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Her funeral was attended by huge crowds, many of whom remembered a passing Gloria Swanson who saluted Candy Darling's coffin.

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She is remembered in The Velvet Underground's song "Candy Says" and in Lou Reed's Walk On The Wild Side.

Related Topics:
The Velvet Underground - Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side

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A photograph by Peter Hujar of Candy Darling on her deathbed has been used by Anthony and the Johnsons for the cover of their 2005 Mercury Music Prize winning album I Am A Bird Now.

Related Topics:
Anthony and the Johnsons - Mercury Music Prize - I Am A Bird Now

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