Camille Keaton

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Camille Keaton
Camille Keaton, circa 1972.jpg
Keaton c. 1972
Born (1947-07-20) July 20, 1947 (age 77)
Pine Bluff, Arkansas, U.S.
Other namesVickie Kehl, Vickie Lahl
OccupationActress
Years active1972–present
Spouses
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(m. 1979;div. 1982)​
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(m. 1993;died 2005)​
Relatives Buster Keaton (distant relative)
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]

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Early life

Keaton was born July 20, 1947 [lower-alpha 1] in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She attended middle school in Eudora, Arkansas until 1960 when her family moved to 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, [4] where she had signed with a talent agent, and appeared in several commercials. [2] Her debut role was in 1972 playing the role of Solange, a missing woman, in Massimo Dallamano's movie of the giallo genre entitled What Have You Done to Solange? . [6] Though a small role, her delicate and fragile physique got immediate attention. [7] 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 Playmen . [10] In September 1974, she was on the cover of Playmen. Keaton returned to the United States in 1975, settling in New York City. [2] She then appeared as Jennifer Hills, a rape victim who wreaks bloody vengeance on her attackers, in the controversial exploitation film I Spit On Your Grave (1978), directed by her future husband, Meir Zarchi. [11] [12] For her performance, she won the Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley (Sitges Sterling Silver Medal) Best Actress award at the 1978 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) and Plan 9 (2015). [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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1972 What Have You Done to Solange? Solange Beauregard
Decameron II - Boccaccio's other short storiesAlibechItalian: Decameron No. 2 – Le altre novelle di Boccaccio
Tragic Ceremony Jane
1973The Brooklyn Cat Aspiring Detective IIGuendalina Bacherozza de PorcarisItalian: Il gatto di Brooklyn aspirante detective II
Sex of the Witch AnnItalian: Il sesso della strega
1974 Madeleine: Anatomy of a Nightmare MadeleineItalian: Madeleine, anatomia di un incubo
1978 I Spit on Your Grave Jennifer Hills
1982 Raw Force Girl in toilet
The Concrete Jungle Rita Newman
1989No JusticePreacher's wife
1993 Savage Vengeance Jennifer
1999Holy HollywoodBetty
2010 Chop Mrs. Reed
Turkish Saddle Karmen RobackLatin: Sella Turcica
2012 The Butterfly Room Olga
The Lords of Salem Doris Von FuxUncredited
2013Blood RiverMirabella
2015Diabolical CabaretAgent Marcia WilsonFrench: Cabaret Diabolique
Plan 9 Grandma
2017 Death House Kristi Boon
Terror in Woods CreekPrincipal Beasley
2018Me and Mrs. JonesMom
2019The Last HouseMarsha Kaneaka Cry for the Bad Man
I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu Jennifer Hills
2020Camp TwilightDistrict Attorney
2021Holy HollywoodBetty

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]

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References

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