Candace Lee Klaasen (born August 26, 1947), better known as Candy Moore, is an American actress from Maplewood, New Jersey.Leonard, Vince. "A 'Little Lucy'... Kind Of", The Pittsburgh Press, November 29, 1964. Accessed April 2, 2021. "Candy lives with her parents in North Hollywood. Born in Maplewood, N. J., Aug. 26, 1947, Candy started modeling in New York when she was 5. At 7, she was already doing television commercials." Moore attended UCLA School of Theatre Arts. Moore began her career appearing on television series such as Leave It to Beaver and Letter to Loretta. In 1962, she was cast as Lucille Ball's daughter Chris Carmichael on The Lucy Show. Moore remained a regular on The Lucy Show through the end of the 1964–1965 season after which the premise of the show was retooled and most of the supporting cast was written out. Moore also appeared nine times on The Donna Reed Show, five as Angie Quinn, the girlfriend of series character Jeff Stone (Paul Petersen).
Career In 1959–1960, she appeared in two episodes of the second season of One Step Beyond, as Carolyn Peters in "Forked Lightning" (ep. 9), and as Callie Wylie in "Goodbye Grandpa" (ep. 38).
In 1961, she played Margie Manners, the kitchen seductress of Wally Cleaver, in the Leave It To Beaver episode "Mother's Helper" (S4:E23). That same year she also acted in one episode each of The Loretta Young Show and Wagon Train.
In 1961–1962, she portrayed Gillian Favor in two episodes of Rawhide. She also appeared in the first season of My Three Sons as a hiker in the 1961 episode "Fire Watch" (ep. 36).
Moore also starred in a television pilot titled Time Out for Ginger, which aired on CBS on September 18, 1962. However, it didn't sell.
Moore has also appeared in films such as Raging Bull, The Night of the Grizzly, Tomboy and the Champ, and Lunch Wagon.The New York Times
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1961 Tomboy and the Champ Tommy Jo 1965 In Harm's Way Girl at Blue Lagoon Bar 1966 Meg 1980 Raging Bull Linda 1981 Lunch Wagon Diedre
Television Year Title Role Notes 1959–60 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond Callie Wylie / Carolyn Peters 2 Episodes, including: 'Forked Lightening ', (Nov. 17, '59). 1961 Leave It to Beaver Margie Manners Episode: "Mother's Helper" Love Episode: "The Forbidden Guests" Wagon Train Sue Ellison Episode: "Wagon to Fort Anderson My Three Sons Shirley Episode: "Fire Watch" Shannon Donna Humphrey Episode: "The Embezzler's Daughter" 1961–62 Rawhide Gillian Favor 2 episodes 1961–66 Angie / Bernice / Bebe / Bebe Barnes 10 episodes 1962 Bachelor Father Phyllis Hartzell Episode: "Bentley Goes to Bat" Ginger Carol Episode: "Time Out for Ginger" 1962–65 Chris Carmichael 39 episodes 1967 Dream Girl of '67 Herself Fashion hostess; 5 episodes
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