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, United States. Its population was 581 at the 2020 census. History Vienna became the county seat in 1855. It was named after Vienna, the capital of Austria. According to folk et ...

, 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 ...

from February 1949 until their divorce in 1955. They had two children, including the entertainer Steve March-Tormé. 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 emcee. Early career March entered show business as a straight man in the vaudeville act the Hollywood Rioteers, b ...

Filmography

*'' Julia Misbehaves'' (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 Yo ...

'' (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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