Candy Raymond
Australian actress (1950–2025)
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::summary Australian actress (1950–2025) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Candy Raymond |
| image | Cropped_Photo_of_Candy_Raymond.jpg |
| birth_name | Candida Raymond |
| birth_date | 1950 |
| birth_place | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| occupation | Actress |
| years_active | 1967–2008 |
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| name = Candy Raymond | image = Cropped_Photo_of_Candy_Raymond.jpg | caption = | birth_name = Candida Raymond | birth_date = 1950 | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = | death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1967–2008
Candida Raymond (1950 – ) was an Australian actress, most prominent in film and television during the 1970s and early 1980s.
Early life and career
Raymond was born in Sydney in 1950 and attended St Ives High School.
As a teenager she played small guest roles in Australian television soap operas and TV series including Skippy (1969) and Riptide (1969). She also appeared in stage revues.
She attended NIDA in a class that included John Hargreaves, Wendy Hughes and Grigor Taylor.
In mid-1973, she played Jill Sheridan in Number 96. Her character was presented as a sex symbol in what was considered an adults only TV show, ultimately involving her in several controversial nude sequences. She then played a regular character in Class of '74.
In 1975, Raymond was a regular in a comic skit segment titled "The Checkout Chicks" which in turn was part of The Norman Gunston Show (1975).
She also appeared in a number of feature films, including Alvin Rides Again (1974), the attractive artist Kerry in Don's Party (1976), A Viennese school teacher in The Getting of Wisdom (1977), Money Movers (1978), The Journalist (1979), Freedom (1982) and Monkey Grip (1982).
In 1977 she appeared on The Zodiac Girls, a talk show about astrology.
She was also in stage productions of The Rocky Horror Show and Play It Again, Sam. As both actress and storyline writer, she played a Jewish escapee of Europe in the WWII based TV series The Sullivans (1980).
In 1981, she played imprisoned journalist Sandra Hamilton in the TV series Prisoner. That year she said she hoped to write and produce a feature.
In 1985, Raymond was involved in filming two television mini-series simultaneously in two different cities. In Sydney she filmed Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe and in Melbourne she was involved in The Great Bookie Robbery which was released in 1986.. She also starred in the ABC telefilm Breaking Up, playing a 30-something mother-of-two going through a marriage break-up. For this role, she later won an Australian Film Institute Award as best actress in a tele-movie or mini-series.
Through the 1980s and 1990s, Raymond was active as a voice artist for radio and television and occasionally appeared in dramatised educational films.
Later career
Her last feature film role was as a French / Vietnamese brothel madam in the action film A Case of Honor (1989), which was filmed on location in the Philippines.
She appeared as herself in the feature documentary Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008), where she was interviewed about women in Australian films of the 1970s.
Personal life and death
Raymond lived near Bowral. She was the sister of actress Victoria Raymond also of Number 96 fame as the second actress to play Bev Houghton after Abigail left the role. Raymond was active in animal rights, writing and occasionally participating in local theatre and music events.
On 1 January 2026, it was announced that Raymond had died at the age of 75.
Filmography
Film
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Shirley Thompson Versus the Aliens | Gang member | Feature film |
| 1974 | Alvin Rides Again | Girl in office | Tim Burstall Feature film |
| 1976 | Don's Party | Kerry | Bruce Beresford Feature film |
| 1977 | ** | Miss Zielinski | Bruce Beresford Feature film |
| 1978 | Money Movers | Mindel Seagers | Bruce Beresford Feature film |
| 1979 | ** | Sunshine | Feature film |
| 1982 | Freedom | Annie | Feature film |
| 1982 | Monkey Grip | Lillian | Feature film |
| 1989 | ** | Charlene 'Charlie' Delibes | Feature film, Philippines |
| 2008 | Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! | Herself | Feature film documentary |
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Television
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| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Riptide | Teenage Girl | TV series, 1 episode: "Jump High, Land Easy" |
| 1969 | Skippy | Georgie | TV series, 1 episode: "Plain Jane" |
| 1971 | Matlock Police | Helene | TV series, 1 episode: "The Gypsies" |
| 1972 | Division 4 | Julie | TV series, 1 episode: "Birds of a Feather" |
| 1973 | Number 96 | Jill Sheridan | TV series, 24 episodes Series regular in recurring role |
| 1978 | Class of '74 | unknown role | |
| 1974 | Silent Number | Edy | TV series, 1 episode: "Day Cruise" |
| 1975 | The Norman Gunston Show | The Checkout Chicks sketch | ABC TV series, 6 episodes Regular role |
| 1977 | Bluey | Susan Martin | TV series, Episode 34: "Lonely Ordeal" |
| 1977 | Young Ramsay | April Kent | TV series Episode 3: "A Kid Is a Kid" |
| 1978 | Chopper Squad | Lindy | TV series, Episode 26: "Long Weekend" |
| 1978–83 | Cop Shop | Sally Pitman, Beth Harrison, Lynn Betts | TV series, 4 episodes Episodes: "1.148", "1.215", "1.216", "1.463" |
| 1978 | The Zodiac Girls | unknown role | TV pilot |
| 1979 | ** | Meg | TV film |
| 1980 | ** | Rachele | TV series - 6 episodes |
| 1980 | Kingswood Country | Fiona Beaumont | TV series, 1 episode: "The Shares of the Fisherman" |
| 1981 | Cornflakes for Tea | Robin Hart | TV film |
| 1981 | Prisoner | Sandra Hamilton | TV series, 8 episodes Guest role |
| 1982 | MPSIB | Kuan Sadler | ABC TV series, 1 episode: "Death of a Ghost" |
| 1985 | Breaking Up | ABC TV movie | |
| 1985 | Winners - The Other Facts of Life | Jean | TV film series |
| 1986 | Shout! The Story of Johnny O'Keefe | Maureen O'Keefe | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 1986 | ** | Sonya Reynolds | TV miniseries, 3 episodes |
| 1986 | ** | Sacha | TV film |
| 1988 | Hey Dad..! | Felicity Simpson-Green | TV series, episode: "The Love Triangle" |
| 1988 | ** | Joanne Wright | TV series, 2 episodes: "Repeat Performance", "One Final Request" |
| 1989 | Rafferty's Rules | Jean Robbins | TV series, 1 episode: "The Plague" |
| 1995 | Sale of the Century: Battle of The TV Classics | Herself | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2004 | Count Your Toes: The Making of 'Money Movers | Herself | Video |
| 2005 | Crashing the Party: The Making of 'Don's Party | Herself | Video |
| 2006 | Telling Schoolgirl Tales: The Making of 'The Getting of Wisdom | Herself | Video |
| 2008 | Not Quite Hollywood: Deleted and Extended Scenes | Herself | Video |
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Theatre
- Killara 360 Revue (1967)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1970) - Old Tote
- Blood Wedding (1970) - Old Tote
- Foursome (1975) - Seymour
- The Rocky Horror Show (1978)
- Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1980) - Nimrod
References
References
- (6 June 1967). "COMMERCE — ENTERPRISE AND SKITS-A-PHRENIA". [[Tharunka]].
- (24 October 1970). "Where Judgment Day comes early each October".
- [http://fullbushesmainstream.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/vlcsnap-766399.png]
- (1 December 1976). "WHO'S DOING WHAT". [[Filmnews]].
- (1 December 2025). "The Fluffer gets hot for The Money Movers".
- (7 April 1982). "Jon breaks free". [[The Australian Women's Weekly]].
- (3 June 1977). "'The Zodiac Girls' now being picked". [[The Canberra Times]].
- (25 February 1981). "Some fresh faces[?] and old favourites for '81 Soapies". [[The Australian Women's Weekly]].
- (5 April 1986). "Features 10 years later, cameras roll on the Great Bookie Robbery Bright light for a perfect crime". [[The Canberra Times]].
- (1 November 1986). "Untitled". [[Filmnews]].
- Griffiths, Phoebe. (2026-01-01). "Tributes paid to Australian actor Candy Raymond who has died aged 75". [[news.com.au]].
- (6 June 1967). "COMMERCE — ENTERPRISE AND SKITS-A-PHRENIA". [[Tharunka]].
- (15 November 1975). "Theatre Up, up and away".
- [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-738275924 Review] at The Bulletin
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