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

Early life

She was born Florence Tockstein on November 12, 1925 in Vienna, Missouri, 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, arrangement, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" ("Chestnuts Roa ...

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 ste ...

. 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 ...

. Toxton died at age 80 on December 28, 2005.

Filmography

*'' Julia Misbehaves'' (1948) as Girl in Hotel Lobby (uncredited) *'' Moonrise'' (1948) as Minor Role (uncredited) *'' The Kissing Bandit'' (1948) as Bit Role (uncredited) *'' Words and Music'' (1948) as Showgirl (uncredited) *'' Act of Violence'' (1949) as Veteran's Wife (uncredited) *'' Knock on Any Door'' (1949) as Adele Morton (final film role) (credited as Susan Perry)

References

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