Candy Toxton (November 12, 1925 – December 28, 2005) was an American actress, died age 80.

Early life

She was born Florence Tockstein on November 12, 1925 in

Vienna, Missouri Vienna is a city in and the county seat of Maries County, Missouri, Maries County, Missouri, United States. Its population was 581 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. History Vienna became the county seat in 1855. It was named after Vi ...

, the eldest of six children of Edward and Teresa Tockstein.

Personal life

She was married to the jazz singer

Mel Tormé Melvin Howard Tormé (September 13, 1925 – June 5, 1999), nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roasting on an Op ...

from February 1949 until their divorce in 1955. They had two children, including the entertainer

Steve March-Tormé Steve March-Tormé (born January 29, 1953) is an American singer/actor/songwriter and radio host. He is the son of the singer Mel Tormé and actress Candy Toxton. They divorced and Toxton married actor/comedian Hal March who became Steve's s ...

. Toxton later married the comedian and actor

Hal March Hal March (born Harold Mendelson; April 22, 1920 – January 19, 1970) was an American comedian, actor, and television quiz show Master of ceremonies, emcee. Early career March entered show business as a straight man in the vaudeville act the ...

Filmography

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Julia Misbehaves ''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 American romantic comedy film starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon as a married couple who are separated by the man's snobbish family. They meet again many years later, when the daughter whom the man has raised ...

'' (1948) as Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) *''

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'' (1948) as Minor Role (uncredited) *'' The Kissing Bandit'' (1948) as Bit Role (uncredited) *'' Words and Music'' (1948) as Showgirl (uncredited) *''

Act of Violence ''Act of Violence'' is a 1949 American film noir starring Van Heflin, Robert Ryan and featuring Janet Leigh, Mary Astor and Phyllis Thaxter. Directed by Fred Zinnemann and adapted for the screen by Robert L. Richards from a story by Collier You ...

'' (1949) as Veteran's Wife (uncredited) *''

Knock on Any Door ''Knock on Any Door'' is a 1949 American courtroom trial film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and starring Humphrey Bogart. The picture gave actor John Derek his breakthrough role, and was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by Willard Motley. ...

'' (1949) as Adele Morton (final film role) (credited as Susan Perry)

References

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