Biography
Who is Candy Spelling?
Early life and education
Carole Gene Marer was born in Beverly Hills, United States, on September 20, 1945. She grew up in a Jewish home as the daughter of Augusta and Merritt Marer. Her father founded a furniture store chain that eventually failed due to overexpansion. She has an older brother named Anthony Marer.
She attended Beverly Hills High School in her hometown. Later, she also studied at the Chouinard Art Institute located in Los Angeles.
Books and television
Candy Spelling released her autobiography titled Stories from Candyland in March 2009. The book reached The New York Times best seller list two weeks after its publication. She published her second memoir, Candy at Last, through Wiley in May 2014. She has also written articles for media outlets such as TMZ and the Huffington Post.
In late 2011 and early 2012, she produced and starred in a two-episode HGTV special titled Selling Spelling Manor. The program documented the sale and her departure from her large residential property. In 2013, she produced and starred in another HGTV series named Beyond Spelling Manor, which followed the construction of her new condominium and her apartment search in New York City.
Broadway career
Candy began producing theater on Broadway in 2010. Her first co-production was Promises, Promises, which starred Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth and earned four Tony Award nominations. She followed this by producing How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying featuring Daniel Radcliffe in the lead role.
In 2012, she produced Nice Work If You Can Get It, which received ten Tony Award nominations and won two categories. Her subsequent productions included After Midnight in 2013, The Color Purple in 2016, and several shows in 2018 such as The Iceman Cometh, Carousel, and Three Tall Women.
Philanthropy and board memberships
Candy joined the board of directors for the animal welfare organization American Humane in 2012. She was later named vice chair of the board in 2015. Also, she became a member of the UCLA Health System Board and the Los Angeles World Affairs Council board.
She served as a founding board member of the Los Angeles Parks Foundation. She also helped expand Centro De Niños, which is a daycare center for underprivileged families in downtown Los Angeles. Also, she spent ten years as a Board of Governors Member for LA's Best, which is an after-school enrichment program.
Personal life and family
She married producer and screenwriter Aaron Spelling in 1968. The couple had two children together, daughter Victoria Davey and son Randy Gene. Both children appeared in several television productions created by Aaron Spelling.
She served as the executor of her husband's estate after his death in 2006 and inherited the bulk of his assets. She later placed their Holmby Hills mansion on the market for $150 million before selling it to Petra Ecclestone for $85 million.
Birthday and age
Candy Spelling was born on September 20, 1945, which makes Candy 81 years old today. That birthday falls under the Virgo sign. Candy shares the date with 62 other famous people.
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