Camille Keaton

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Camille Keaton
Keaton c. 1972
Born (1947-07-20) July 20, 1947 (age 76)
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S.
Other namesVickie Kehl, Vickie Lahl
OccupationActress
Years active1972–present
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(m. 1993; died 2005)​
AwardsMedalla Sitges en Plata de Ley (1978)

Camille Keaton (born July 20, 1947) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jennifer Hills in the controversial 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave. She began her career in Italy, making her film debut as Solange Beauregard in the giallo film What Have You Done to Solange? (1972), and starred in several other Italian horror films through the early 1970s. In 2015, Keaton reprised her role as Jennifer Hills for the film, I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu, which was released in 2019.[1]

Early life

Keaton was born July 20, 1947

Atlanta, Georgia.[2]

In 1969, she was involved in a major car accident that left her with facial scarring.[4] Keaton once worked as a hostess for Amtrak.[5]

Career

Keaton relocated to Italy in 1971,

Robert Marcucci says of her role as Solange, "She truly steals every scene she's in, simply drifting in and out of each of her scenes, her face and mannerisms mysterious and alluring."[8] The same year, she appeared as the lead in the Italian horror film Tragic Ceremony (1972).[9]

In November 1972, Keaton was a centerfold in the Italian men's entertainment magazine

Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival.[13]

After the release of I Spit On Your Grave, Keaton moved with husband Zarchi to Los Angeles, California.[4]

In 2012, Keaton appeared in an uncredited role in Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem,[14] and has also appeared in the films Chop (2011) and The Butterfly Room (2013).

Her most recent films include Samuel Farmer's home-invasion thriller The Last House (2019), Terror in Woods Creek (2017), Blood River (2013), Plan 9 (2015), and writer/director Jake Zelch's reimagining of Keaton's infamous 1993 film Savage Vengeance (2020).[15]

Personal life

In 1979,[citation needed] Keaton married Israeli filmmaker Meir Zarchi, the director of I Spit on Your Grave; they divorced in 1982.[citation needed] She was married to film producer Sidney Luft from March 20, 1993, until his death on September 15, 2005.[16]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1972 What Have You Done to Solange? Solange Beauregard
Decameron II Alibech Italian: Decameron No. 2 – Le altre novelle di Boccaccio
Tragic Ceremony Jane
1973 Il gatto di Brooklyn aspirante detective II Guendalina Bacherozza de Porcaris
Sex of the Witch Ann Italian: Il sesso della strega
1974 Madeleine: Anatomy of a Nightmare Madeleine Italian: Madeleine, anatomia di un incubo
1978 I Spit on Your Grave Jennifer Hills
1982 Raw Force Girl in toilet
The Concrete Jungle Rita Newman
1989 No Justice Preacher's wife
1993 Savage Vengeance Jennifer
1999 Holy Hollywood Betty
2010 Chop Mrs. Reed
Sella Turcica Karmen Roback
2012 The Butterfly Room Olga
The Lords of Salem Doris Von Fux Uncredited
2013 Blood River Mirabella
2015 Cabaret Diabolique Agent Marcia Wilson
Plan 9 Grandma
2017 Death House Kristi Boon
Terror in Woods Creek Principal Beasley
2018 Me and Mrs. Jones Mom
2019 The Last House Marsha Kane aka Cry for the Bad Man
I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu Jennifer Hills
2020 Camp Twilight District Attorney
2021 Holy Hollywood Betty

Notes

  1. ^ Several sources state Keaton's birthdate as July 20, 1947, including a 2015 interview with an Italian publication.[2] Keaton gives the date of July 20 on her Facebook page.[3]

References

  1. ^ Miska, Brad (September 21, 2017). "First Look at Official 'I Spit On Your Grave' Sequel, 'Deja Vu'!". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved September 23, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d Gomarasca, Manlio (November 16, 2015). "Intervista a Camille Keaton". Nocturno (in Italian). Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  3. ^ Keaton, Camille (July 20, 2016). "Thank you for sharing Osvaldo". Facebook. Archived from the original on October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 14, 2017.
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  5. ^ Klyza, John (July 18, 2009). "I Spit On Your Vengeance: The Donald Farmer Interview". Archived from the original on December 7, 2013.
  6. ^ Koven 2006, p. 104.
  7. ^ Jane, R. Ian (2002). Camille Keaton. What Have You Done to Solange? (DVD). Shriek Show.
  8. ^ Marcucci, Robert (2002). In Search of Solange. What Have You Done to Solange? (DVD). Shriek Show.
  9. ^ Curti 2017, p. 257.
  10. ^ Curti 2017, p. 258.
  11. ^ "I Spit On Your Grave". Photoplay. 33 (2–12). M.A.P. Ltd.: xxvii 1982 – via Google Books.
  12. ISBN 978-1-400-86611-3
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  13. Film Review
    : 128.
  14. ^ Moore, Debi (November 21, 2011). "A Bit of Clarification Regarding Clint Howard's Role in The Lords of Salem". Dread Central. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
  15. ^ "Savage Vengeance (1993) - A Film Gutter Review". Archived from the original on October 23, 2020. Retrieved October 20, 2020.
  16. ^ Bergan, Ronald (September 19, 2005). "Obituary: Sid Luft". The Guardian. UK. Retrieved December 28, 2016.

Sources

External links
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