Camille Keaton

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Camille Keaton
Camille Keaton in Tragic Ceremony, 1972.
Born	Camille Keaton July 20, 1947 (1947-07-20) (age 60) Pine Bluff, Arkansas, USA
Other name(s)	Vickie Kehl
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1972 onwards
Spouse(s)	Meir Zarchi (1979-1982) Sidney Luft (1993-2005)
[Camille Keaton at IMDB Official website]
Awards won Other Awards Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley (1978)

Camille Keaton (born July 20, 1947^[1]) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave. She sometimes uses the screen name Vickie Kehl or Vickie Lahl.

[edit] Early Years

Keaton was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and is related to Buster Keaton.^[2] She attended Eudora Middle School, Eudora, Arkansas, until 1960 when her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia^[3]. In 1969, she was involved in a major car accident that left her with facial scarring.^[4]

[edit] Career

She once worked as a hostess for Amtrak^[5]. In November 1972, Keaton was a Playmen playmate of the month. In September 1974, she was on the cover of Playmen. She won the Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley Best Actress award for her performance in I Spit on Your Grave at the 1978 Catalonian International Film Festival in Spain.

[edit] Personal life

She was married to Meir Zarchi, the director of I Spit on Your Grave, and was the last wife of film producer Sidney Luft. They were married March 20, 1993 until Luft's death on September 15, 2005. She is the former step-mother of Lorna Luft and Joey Luft. Keaton is neither related to Michael Keaton nor Diane Keaton.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Controversy

The model used for the front of the DVD cover of I Spit on Your Grave is not Keaton—an urban legend persists that Keaton's body-double was in fact Demi Moore, however skeptics say this is unlikely as Moore would have been only 16 at time.

DVD cover of Keaton's most significant film I Spit on Your Grave. There is controversy over whether the body-double model on the DVD cover is Demi Moore or not.

[edit] See also

• Meir Zarchi
• Sidney Luft
• Demi Moore
• Buster Keaton
• Harry Keaton
• Joe Keaton
• Myra Keaton
• Louise Keaton

[edit] Further reading

• Art Ettinger, "What have they done to Camille Keaton?" Ultra Violent (USA), Iss. 8, 2006, pp. 35-50.
• "Backseat Bombshells: Camille Keaton," Celebrity Skin (USA), Vol 25, Iss. 116, May 2003, p. 69.
• "To heir is human: Camille Keaton," Celebrity Sleuth (USA), Vol. 7, Iss. 5, 1994, pp. 60-61.
• "Cult figures: Jennifer Hill—Camille Keaton," Celebrity Sleuth (USA), Vol. 4, Iss. 2, 1990, pp. 54-57.
• Roberto Rocchi, "Camilla" (centerfold), Playmen (Italy), November 1972, Vol. 6, pp. 78-87.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Camille Keaton at the Internet Movie Database
• Keaton on the CNDB database
• Keaton's Celebarazzi profile
• Camille Keaton
• Mr Skin biography on Camille Keaton
• Review of her film Tragic Ceremony
• Review of I Spit on Your Grave
• I Spit on Your Grave trailer
• Review of Savage Vengeance
• Camille Keaton at Stiges in 1979
• Scene from ISOYG