Barbara Crampton
| Barbara Crampton | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 27, 1958 Levittown, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Spouse | Robert Bleckman (2000-present) |
Barbara Crampton (born on December 27, 1958) is an American actress.
She is considered a scream queen.[1]
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[edit] Early years
Crampton was born in Levittown, Long Island, New York. She was raised in Vermont and spent summers while growing up traveling the country with the carnival as her father was a carnie.[2] She started acting in school plays when she was in seventh grade and went on to study acting in high school. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater Arts from Castleton State College in Vermont.[2] After graduation, Barbara made a brief stop in New York, where she appeared as Cordelia in King Lear for the American Theater of Actors.[2]
She was a Theater Arts Major at Castleton State College from 1976 to 1981.
[edit] Career
From New York, Crampton moved to Los Angeles where she went on to star in the cult horror features Re-Animator, From Beyond and Castle Freak. She also has feature roles in the films Puppet Master and Fraternity Vacation.
She made her television debut on the daytime drama Days of our Lives, where she played Trista Evans Bradford. She went on to play Leanna Love on The Young and the Restless from 1987–1993, which earned her a Soap Opera Digest Award. She returned to the role from 1998–2002 and again in 2006–2007.
On October 1, 1988, She married director of photography David Boyd; they divorced in 1990.
She also played Melinda Lewis on Guiding Light from 1993–1995 and left when her contract expired and when she got engaged to L.A.-based actor and director Kristoffer Tabori in April 1995.[3] By September of the same year, their engagement was called off.[4] She soon joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful playing 'Maggie Forrester' Warwick from 1995–1998.
In December 1986, Crampton appeared in a nude pictoral in Playboy magazine titled "Simply Beastly. Behind every successful monster, there's a woman." She is special guest Creation Entertainment's Weekend of Horror 2010.[5]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] Films
- Body Double (1984)
- Fraternity Vacation (1985)
- Re-Animator (1985)
- Kidnapped (1986)
- Chopping Mall (1986)
- From Beyond (1986)
- Puppet Master (1989)
- Trancers II (1991)
- Robot Wars (1993)
- Castle Freak (1995)
- Space Truckers (1996)
- The Godson (1998)
- Cold Harvest (1999)
- Learning to Surf (2000)
- Thy Neighbor's Wife (2001)
- The Sisterhood (2004)
- Read You Like a Book (2006)
- You're Next (2011)
- The Lords of Salem (2012)
[edit] TV
- Love Thy Neighbor (1984)
- Santa Barbara (1984)
- Civil Wars (1993)
- Guiding Light (1993–1995)
- The Bold and the Beautiful (1995–1998)
- Party of Five (1998)
- Pacific Blue (1999)
- Spyder Games (2001)
- Lightning: Fire from the Sky (2001)
- The Young and the Restless (1987–1993, 1998–2002; 2006; 2007)
[edit] References
- ^ ESplatter - "Top 10 Hottest Scream Queens in Horror Movie History"
- ^ a b c "Barbara Crampton". Toronto Star. December 30, 1991.
- ^ Sloan, Kathleen (June 10, 1995). "Zany Barb Boldly goes". Toronto Star.
- ^ Sloan, Kathleen (September 3, 1995). "Life mimics art for Y&R star". Toronto Star.
- ^ "Creation's Weekend of Horrors Fleshes Out Its Re-Animator Reunion". http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/35815/creations-weekend-horrors-fleshes-out-its-re-animator-reunion.
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