Camille Keaton

Camille Keaton Biography

Camille Keaton (born July 20, 1947) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her role in the 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave.

Early years

Keaton was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and is related to the celebrated silent film comedian Buster Keaton. She attended Eudora Middle School, Eudora, Arkansas, until 1960 when her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. In 1969, she was involved in a major car accident that left her with facial scarring.

Career

Keaton once worked as a hostess for Amtrak. Her debut role was in 1972 playing the role of Solange in Massimo Dallamano's movie of the giallo genre entitled What Have You Done to Solange? Though a small role, her delicate and fragile physique got immediate attention. 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."

In November 1972, Keaton was a Playmen centerfold. 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.

Personal life

Keaton was married to Meir Zarchi, the director of I Spit on Your Grave, and was the last wife of film producer Sidney Luft. Zarchi and Keaton divorced in 1982, and she and Sidney Luft were married March 20, 1993 until Luft's death on September 15, 2005. She is the former stepmother of Lorna Luft and Joey Luft.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1972	Decameron No. 2 " Le altre novelle di Boccaccio	Alibech	In Italian; aka Decameron II (UK)
	What Have You Done to Solange?	Solange Beauregard	In Italian/English; aka What Have You Done to Solange? (USA)
	Estratto dagli archivi segreti della polizia di una capitale europea	Jane	In Italian; aka Tragic Ceremony (USA)
1973	Il gatto di Brooklyn aspirante detective II	Guendalina Bacherozza de Porcaris	In Italian
1973	Il sesso della strega	Ann	In Italian; aka The Evil Eye (USA)
1974	Madeleine, anatomia di un incubo	Madeleine	In Italian; Study of a Nightmare (USA: informal English title)
1978	Day of the Woman	Jennifer Hills	In English; aka I Spit on Your Grave
1982	Raw Force	Girl in toilet	In English; aka Kung Fu Cannibals (USA)
1982	The Concrete Jungle	Rita Newman	In English
1989	No Justice	Preacher's wife	In English
1993	Savage Vengeance	Jennifer Hills	In English; (as Vickie Kehl) aka I Spit on Your Grave 2: Savage Vengeance (USA)
1999	Holy Hollywood	Betty	In English
2010	Chop	Mrs. Reed	In English
2010	Sella Turcica	Karmen Roback	In English
2010	The Butterfly Room	Olga	In English (post-production)
2012	The Lords of Salem	Doris Von Fux	In English

Bibliography

Art Ettinger, "What have they done to Camille Keaton?" Ultra Violent (USA), Iss. 8, 2006, pp. 35"50.

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