Candy Johnson is an American

United States

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 singer and dancer who appeared in several film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

s in the 1960s.

She was born in San Gabriel, and graduated from San Gabriel High School

San Gabriel High School

San Gabriel High School is a secondary school in the Alhambra Unified School District. The school is located at 801 S Ramona St, San Gabriel, CA 91776....

. Her most notable films are the American International Pictures

American International Pictures

American International Pictures was a film production company formed in April 1956 from American Releasing Corporation by James H. Nicholson, former Sales Manager of Realart Pictures, and Samuel Z. Arkoff, an entertainment lawyer...

 Beach Party film

Beach Party film

Beach party movies were an American 1960s genre of feature films created by American International Pictures with their surprise 1963 hit, Beach Party, and copied by virtually every other studio...

s, in which she played Candy a girl who could dance so hard it would literally knock the guys off their feet. In the first film in the series, Beach Party

Beach Party

Beach Party was the first of several beach party films from American International Pictures aimed at a teen audience. It was directed by William Asher and written by Lou Rusoff. The main actors included Robert Cummings, Dorothy Malone, Frankie Avalon, and Annette Funicello...

, she is credited as the "perpetual motion dancer."

She also recorded two album

Album

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s under the name "Candy Johnson and her Exciters."

She appeared at the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing

Flushing, Queens

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, Queens

Queens

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, New York

New York City

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External links

• http://www.candyjohnson.com
• http://www.beachpartymoviemusic.com/TheCandyJohnsonShowatBikiniBeach.html