Candy Spelling

TV star, producer, author, public servant, wife, mother, designer, blogger—Candy Spelling has performed more roles than the busiest actresses in her beloved Los Angeles, becoming one of the city’s most iconic women in the process.

Candy’s (née Carole Gene Marer) life has been colorful, glamorous, sometimes dramatic and always full-to-the-brim. Born and raised in LA, she excelled in school cooking and sewing classes, was a cheerleader, model and interior designer, married, had two children, became the ultimate Hollywood wife, built the largest home in Los Angeles, ran a gift store, designed dolls and jewelry for cable shopping networks, and generously donated her time and energy to her favorite causes—animals, children and the city of LA. Aft

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