", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Barbara_Crampton&oldid=984192599, Articles with short description added by PearBOT 5, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 October 2020, at 18:59. Crampton was previously married to David Boyd (1989-1990). We were basically playing heightened versions of ourselves, these teenagers who were in a mall, hanging out at night and having a party. The movie was loosely adapted from a story by H.P. She recently portrayed Vanessa Moss in the Syfy television series Channel Zero: The Dream Door (2018). Barbara Crampton, Barbara Crampton: My life in horror, from. Barbara Crampton (born December 27, 1958) is an American actress. "Since my name and what I do for work is so much a part of October celebrations they just thought, Let’s ask Barbara! In 1989, Crampton had a cameo role in the horror film Puppet Master. We did it really on the fly and it just worked. Horror icon Barbara Crampton had essentially retired until You're Next brought her back. She attended Castleton State College in Vermont, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater Arts. In 1985, Crampton had a short stint on Santa Barbara as Paula. [17], In December 1986, Crampton appeared in a nude pictorial in Playboy magazine titled "Simply Beastly. Even before the movie went to the Toronto Film Festival, and did so well, and got bought by a bidding war, I knew that I wanted to come back to the genre because of the experience that I had on that film. My Fave Beautiful Actresses from the 80s & 90s who are still working.. I kept pushing back on it, going, "Well, wait a minute, who are the producers, and the director, and why would they want me anyway? Crampton stepped away from acting for several years to raise her children but was lured back to appear in director Adam Wingard and writer Simon Barrett's darkly comedic home invasion movie. The Autopsy of Jane Doe, The Babadook, and A Dark Song. Barbara Crampton 's face is familiar to soap fans; the blonde bombshell portrayed Leanna Love on The Young and the Restless, Mindy Lewis on Guiding Light, … Barbara Crampton was born on December 27, 1958 in Levittown, New York. I just thought to myself, these people are the future, and they’re all incredible, and I hope I’m as good as they are. It’s been wonderful working closely with Bob Portal in developing this amazing project, and reuniting with two of my favorite colleagues in the business, Travis Stevens and Larry Fessenden. Barbara Crampton Actress | Producer Trailer. After graduation, Barbara made a brief stop in New York, where she appeared as Cordelia in King Lear for the American Theater of Actors. In 1999, Crampton guest starred on the television series Pacific Blue. https://daytimeconfidential.com/2020/03/04/barbara-crampton-films-jakobs-wife Crampton's best known daytime role came as Leanna Love on The Young and the Restless.Crampton played the role until 1993 when she departed the show and went on to join Guiding Light as Mindy Lewis. Looking for some great streaming picks? We had a very low budget, so we couldn’t fly her back to redo it. But to genre fans, she is known, and beloved, for starring in a slew of big screen terror tales including 1985's Re-Animator, 1986's Chopping Mall, and 2015's You're Next. Growing up in Vermont, she spent the majority of her childhood summers traveling the country with a roadside carnival that her father worked for. AJ Bowen, you couldn’t tell where the acting began and real-life stopped, because he was so real. He hadn’t dropped me from his roster, which a lot of agents do if you have an actor who hasn’t worked in a while. She made her screen debut on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives (1983), and her film debut in 1984's Body Double before starring in the horror comedy Re-Animator (1985). He called me one day and said, I’m wondering if you would come in and help me produce Beyond the Gates." [8] By September of the same year, their engagement was called off. BC: We went to Italy to do From Beyond. He was like a football coach on the sidelines, cheering you on and always asking you to attack your role with more depth, more crying, more screaming, more emotion. Crampton was a cast member on GL for two … Of course, Crampton's own filmography features tragedy, horribleness, and the fantastical aplenty. Barbara Crampton, best known to soap ... Crampton, who also played Mindy Lewis on GUIDING LIGHT (miscast alert!) Crampton was a special guest at Creation Entertainment's Weekend of Horror 2010. AMP also funded the movie. Dark Sky Films/Courtesy Everett Collection, Credit: So, I won the part and then we rehearsed for three weeks at my house, because for some reason I had the biggest living room, and then we shot the film. [4] Crampton grew up in Vermont, and spent summers traveling the country with the carnival, as her father was a carny. He sent me the script for We Are Still Here, just to ask my opinion of the material. Crampton's best known daytime role came as Leanna Love on The Young and the Restless. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. I showed up on set and every person was more incredible than the next. Blood Brothers Jose Prendes/Hannah Levien/Barbara Crampton, The Dangers of Having a Chainsaw for a Hand (from Ash vs. He was part of that team and he and I became friends. She is also known for playing Leanna Love on the television series The Young and the Restless (1987–93; 1998–2002; 2006–07) for which she was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime in 1990. Further, she is also known for starring in a role of Leanne Love in The Young and the Restless. Jeffrey Combs already had the part and I was brought in to read, and Bruce was there. I said, "Oh, okay, well, that’s fine." She made her film debut in the 1984 film Body Double. I spent three hours at that audition. Crampton's best known daytime role came as Leanna Love on The Young and the Restless.Crampton played the role until 1993 when she departed the show and went on to join Guiding Light as Mindy Lewis. Crampton has since starred in a variety of films including Chopping Mall (1986), From Beyond (1986), Castle Freak (1995), You're Next (2011), We Are Still Here (2015), and Little Sister (2016). Crampton appeared in a number of 1980's horror flicks. But moviegoers will recognize Crampton from iconic horror flicks like Re-Animator and Chopping Mall. Crampton and Combs play a couple who inherit an Italian castle, in another Gordon-directed, Lovecraft-inspired horror tale. I was like, "Holy s---, oh my god, okay." She made her screen debut on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives (1983), and her film debut in 1984's Body Double before starring in the horror comedy Re-Animator (1985). All of his films have a different feel to them. BC: I met Ted Geoghegan when we were doing publicity on You’re Next. Jackson and I just hit it off. Crampton portrays Evelyn, the host of an evil VCR board game, in filmmaker Jackson Stewart's gory spookfest, which costars Brea Grant, Chase Williamson, and Graham Skipper. It is no surprise then to find out the actress is curating this Halloween season a collection of films for the streaming service IFC Films Unlimited (where you will also find another Crampton-featuring frightfest, Beyond the Gates). "They wanted someone to curate October and Halloween for them," says the actress, whose upcoming horror projects include the Norway-set Sacrifice and the Travis Stevens-directed Jakob's Wife. According to Deadline, she just wrapped filming on the supernatural horror flick Jakob's Wife in Canton, Mississippi. He didn’t want to just capitalize on what he had done before. She made her screen debut on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives (1983), and her film debut in 1984's Body Double before starring in the horror comedy Re-Animator (1985). https://ultimatesoapfan.fandom.com/wiki/Barbara_Crampton?oldid=24184. Crampton played the role until 1993 when she departed the show and went on to join Guiding Light as Mindy Lewis. I’m thrilled to be able to bring Jakob’s Wife to life with such highly experienced producing partners at AMP International. She was offered the part, her mother read the script, and said "Oh, no. BC: You can tell by watching that film, we had a lot of fun. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. [7] In 1986, Crampton portrayed Suzie Lynn in Chopping Mall, Dr. Katherine McMichaels in From Beyond, and Anne White in Prince of Bel Air. Barbara Crampton, Actress: You're Next. In 2001, Crampton had a recurring role as Dr. Leslie Bogan in 5 episodes of the television series Spyder Games and starred in Thy Neighbor's Wife. I made friends with all the people on the set and we all loved each other so much. There’s an intensity, an operatic feel to it. Stuart always wanted to be big and impressive and bold. And that was me, I was the lucky one! I said, "Well, don’t they want me to audition?" Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. My agent said, "Look, do you want the part or not?" I hadn’t talked to my agent in six years. It’s big and it’s bold and it goes places a lot of people won’t go, especially in today’s acting world, where people are trying to be as natural as possible for the most part. [3] She was raised Catholic. We would do a scene and he would give us some adjustments and say, "Okay, go back out, and think about that, and work on the scene, and come back in." She subsequently starred in Read You Like a Book (2006) and Never Enough (2008). The movie did very well and we sold it to IFC! And I said, "Yeah of course!" Barbara Crampton is an American actress. Barbara Crampton is an American actress. It was really just like an epiphany. She made her screen debut on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives, and her film debut in 1984's Body Double before starring in the horror comedy Re-Animator. So much time has gone by, but I think we could still do it. Stuart really molded everybody’s characters. I could have played the Lisa Marie role or the role of the mom who lost her son in an auto accident and — maybe because I’m a mom — I picked that role. It’s a cheesy, really over the top, fun movie and to my delight and confusion it seems to be a fan favorite and just seems to get more popular as the years go by. Jackson said, "You have to come in and do the role. Check out our editors' picks for our favorite Prime Video original movies and TV series, including "The Boys," "Fleabag," and more. The film follows a woman in her 50s who meets "the Master" and discovers dangerous powers...which come with a big price.