Camille Keaton

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Camille Keaton

Camille Keaton in Tragic Ceremony, 1972.
Born Camille Keaton
July 20, 1947 (1947-07-20) (age 60)
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
Other name(s) Vickie Kehl
Occupation Actress
Years active 1972 onwards
Spouse(s) Meir Zarchi (1979-1982)
Sidney Luft (1993-2005)
[Camille Keaton at IMDB Official website]

Camille Keaton (born July 20, 1947[1]) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave. She sometimes uses the screen name Vickie Kehl or Vickie Lahl.

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[edit] Early Years

Keaton was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and is related to Buster Keaton.[2] She attended Eudora Middle School, Eudora, Arkansas, until 1960 when her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia[3]. In 1969, she was involved in a major car accident that left her with facial scarring.[4]

[edit] Career

She once worked as a hostess for Amtrak[5]. In November 1972, Keaton was a Playmen playmate of the month. In September 1974, she was on the cover of Playmen. She won the Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley Best Actress award for her performance in I Spit on Your Grave at the 1978 Catalonian International Film Festival in Spain.

[edit] Personal life

She was married to Meir Zarchi, the director of I Spit on Your Grave, and was the last wife of film producer Sidney Luft. They were married March 20, 1993 until Luft's death on September 15, 2005. She is the former step-mother of Lorna Luft and Joey Luft. Keaton is neither related to Michael Keaton nor Diane Keaton.

[edit] Filmography

Year Film Role Other notes
1972 Decameroticus   In Italian
Decameron No. 2 - Le altre novelle di Boccaccio Alibech In Italian; aka Decameron II (UK)
Cosa avete fatto a Solange? Solange Beauregard In Italian/English; aka What Have They Done to Solange? (USA)
Estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europea Jane In Italian; aka Tragic Ceremony (USA)
Il Prode Anselmo e il suo scudiero Leonzia In Italian (Uncredited)
1973 Il gatto di Brooklyn aspirante detective II Guendalina Bacherozza de Porcaris In Italian
Il sesso della strega Ann In Italian; aka The Evil Eye (USA)
1974 Madeleine, anatomia di un incubo Madeleine In Italian; Study of a Nightmare (USA: informal English title)
1978 Day of the Woman Jennifer Hill In English; aka I Spit on Your Grave
1982 Raw Force Girl in toilet In English; aka Kung Fu Cannibals (USA)
The Concrete Jungle Rita Newman In English
1989 No Justice Preacher's wife In English
1993 Savage Vengeance Jennifer In English; (as Vickie Kehl) aka I Spit on Your Grave 2: Savage Vengeance (USA)
1999 Holy Hollywood Betty In English

[edit] Controversy

The model used for the front of the DVD cover of I Spit on Your Grave is not Keaton—an urban legend persists that Keaton's body-double was in fact Demi Moore, however skeptics say this is unlikely as Moore would have been only 16 at time.

DVD cover of Keaton's most significant film I Spit on Your Grave. There is controversy over whether the body-double model on the DVD cover is Demi Moore or not.
DVD cover of Keaton's most significant film I Spit on Your Grave. There is controversy over whether the body-double model on the DVD cover is Demi Moore or not.

[edit] See also

[edit] Further reading

  • Art Ettinger, "What have they done to Camille Keaton?" Ultra Violent (USA), Iss. 8, 2006, pp. 35-50.
  • "Backseat Bombshells: Camille Keaton," Celebrity Skin (USA), Vol 25, Iss. 116, May 2003, p. 69.
  • "To heir is human: Camille Keaton," Celebrity Sleuth (USA), Vol. 7, Iss. 5, 1994, pp. 60-61.
  • "Cult figures: Jennifer Hill—Camille Keaton," Celebrity Sleuth (USA), Vol. 4, Iss. 2, 1990, pp. 54-57.
  • Roberto Rocchi, "Camilla" (centerfold), Playmen (Italy), November 1972, Vol. 6, pp. 78-87.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Camille Keaton - Rotten Tomatoes Celebrity Profile
  2. ^ Movies | Revenge flicks: The best in eye-for-an-eye genre | Seattle Times Newspaper
  3. ^ Classmates: Camille Luft
  4. ^ Camille Keaton, Camille's European Adventures, DVD Interview Featurette, Dark Sky Films, 2007.
  5. ^ Interview With Savage Vengeance's Donald Farmer - Retro Slashers

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