Barbara Crampton

Barbara Crampton (born December 27, 1958) is an American actress. 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).[1][2] 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), Little Sister (2016) and Dead Night (2017). 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.

Barbara Crampton
Crampton in 2017
Born (1958-12-27) December 27, 1958
Levittown, New York, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1983–present
Spouse(s)
    David Boyd
    ​
    (
    m. 1988; div. 1990)
      Robert Bleckman
      (
      m. 2000)
      Children3

      She recently portrayed Vanessa Moss in the Syfy television series Channel Zero: The Dream Door (2018).

      Early life

      Crampton was born in Levittown, Long Island, New York.[3] She was raised Catholic.[4] Crampton grew up in Vermont, and spent summers traveling the country with the carnival, as her father was a carny. She started acting in school plays when she was in seventh grade and went on to study acting in high school. She attended Castleton State College in Vermont, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater Arts. After graduation, Barbara made a brief stop in New York, where she appeared as Cordelia in King Lear for the American Theater of Actors.[5] She was a Theater Arts Major at Castleton State College from 1976 to 1981.[6]

      Career

      From New York, Crampton moved to Los Angeles where she made her television debut on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives, where she played Trista Evans Bradford and subsequently starred in the pilot episode of Rituals, the television film Love Thy Neighbor, and the television series Santa Barbara. She made her film debut in the 1984 film Body Double. The following year, Crampton portrayed Chrissie in Fraternity Vacation, Megan Halsey in Re-Animator, and Stacy in Hotel.[7] In 1986, Crampton portrayed Suzie Lynn in Chopping Mall, Dr. Katherine McMichaels in From Beyond, and Anne White in Prince of Bel Air. In 1987, Crampton was cast in Kidnapped and portrayed Teri in Ohara. From 1987 to 2007, Crampton portrayed Leanna Love in The Young and the Restless. In 1989, Crampton had a cameo role in the horror film Puppet Master. In 1991, Crampton portrayed Sadie Brady in Trancers II.

      In 1993, Crampton guest starred on Civil Wars and portrayed Mindy Lewis on Guiding Light from 1993 to 1995 and left when her contract expired and when she got engaged to L.A.-based actor and director Kristoffer Tabori in April 1995.[8] By September of the same year, their engagement was called off.[9] In 1995, Crampton starred in Castle Freak. From 1995 to 1998, Crampton portrayed Maggie Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. In 1996, Crampton portrayed Carol in Space Truckers. In 1997, Crampton guest starred on The Nanny. The following year, she guest starred on Party of Five and starred in the film The Godson. In 1999, Crampton guest starred on the television series Pacific Blue.

      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. In 2004, Crampton starred in The Sisterhood. She subsequently starred in Read You Like a Book (2006) and Never Enough (2008). Crampton was a special guest at Creation Entertainment's Weekend of Horror 2010.[10] She had a supporting role in the 2011 horror slasher film You're Next and played the leading role Anne Sacchetti in We Are Still Here (2015),[11] co-starring Lisa Marie and Larry Fessenden.[12] Both films received positive reviews from critics.[13]

      Crampton next appeared in Abner Pastoll's "taut Euro thriller" Road Games,[14] in which she speaks both French and English.[15] In 2015 she starred along with Robert Englund, Danny Trejo, Kane Hodder, Bill Moseley, Michael Berryman, Doug Bradley, Gunnar Hansen, Ken Foree and Dee Wallace in the Harrison Smith horror film Death House.[16]

      In 2019, it was announced that Crampton would be voicing the role of serial killer Nicolette Aster in an audio drama adaptation of Our Lady of the Inferno.[17]

      Personal life

      In December 1986, Crampton appeared in a nude pictorial in Playboy magazine titled "Simply Beastly. Behind every successful monster, there's a woman."[18]

      She married director of photography David Boyd on October 1, 1988. They divorced in 1990.

      As of 2015, Crampton lives in Mill Valley, California with her husband, Robert Bleckman, and their three children.[19]

      Filmography

      Film
      Year Title Role Notes
      1984 Body Double Carol
      1985 Fraternity Vacation Chrissie
      1985 Re-Animator Megan Halsey
      1986 Chopping Mall Suzie Lynn
      1986 From Beyond Dr. Katherine McMichaels Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress
      1987 Kidnapped Bonnie
      1988 Pulse Pounders Said Brady Segment: The Evil Clergyman. Considered a lost film until the discovery of a workprint in 2011 where it was then digitally restored and released.
      1989 Puppet Master Woman at Carnival Cameo appearance
      1991 Trancers II Sadie Brady
      1993 Robot Wars Leda
      1995 Castle Freak Susan Reilly
      1996 Space Truckers Carol
      1998 The Godson Goldy
      1999 Cold Harvest Christine Chaney
      2000 Learning to Surf
      2001 Thy Neighbor's Wife Nicole Garrett
      2004 The Sisterhood Ms. Master
      2006 Read You Like a Book Zoe
      2008 Never Enough Dr. Gladmore
      2011 You're Next Aubrey Davison
      2012 The Lords of Salem Virginia Cable
      2013 Paisley Christine
      2013 The Cartridge Family Mom Short film
      2013 The Well Grace
      2014 Sun Choke Irma
      2015 We Are Still Here Anne Sacchetti Nominated - Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress
      2015 The Divine Tragedies Mother
      2015 Road Games Mary
      2015 Tales of Halloween Darla
      2016 Beyond the Gates Evelyn
      2016 Little Sister The Reverend Mother
      2016 Day of Reckoning Stella
      2017 Death House Dr. Karen Redmane
      2018 Dead Night Leslie Bison
      2018 Reborn Lena
      2018 Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich Carol Doreski
      2019 In Search of Darkness Herself Documentary film[20]
      2020 Run Hide Fight Mrs. Crawford Completed

      Television
      Year Title Role Notes
      1983 Days of Our Lives Trista Evans Bradford
      1984 Rituals Sandy Hutchison Episode: "Pilot"
      1984 Love Thy Neighbor Carol Movie
      1984 Santa Barbara Paula
      1985 Hotel Stacy Episode: "Obsessions"
      1986 Prince of Bel Air Anne White Movie
      1987 Ohara Teri Episode: "Toshi"
      1987–93, 1998–2002, 2006–07 The Young and the Restless Leanna Love Nominated – Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villainess in a Drama Series – Daytime (1990)
      1993 Civil Wars Episode: "Dances with Sharks"
      1993–1995 Guiding Light Mindy Lewis
      1995–1998 The Bold and the Beautiful Maggie Forrester Nominated – Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Scene Stealer (1996)
      1997 The Nanny Barbara Crampton Episode: "The Heather Biblow Story"
      1998 Party of Five Woman Shopper Episode: "Tender Age"
      1999 Pacific Blue Gloria Stockwell Episode: "Infierno"
      2001 Spyder Games Dr. Leslie Bogan 5 episodes
      2001 Lightning: Fire from the Sky Mayor Sylvia Scott Movie
      2018 Channel Zero: The Dream Door Vanessa Moss 6 episodes
      2019 Into the Dark Betty Episode:Culture Shock
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      4. http://screenanarchy.com/2016/07/draft-fantasia-2016-interview-zach-clark-and-barbara-crampton-talk-little-sister.html
      5. "Barbara Crampton". Toronto Star. December 30, 1991.
      6. "Barbara Crampton". Why Horror?. Archived from the original on 2014-11-03.
      7. Maslin, Janet (October 18, 1985). "Re Animator (1985) Screen: Stuart Gordon Directs 'Re-Animator'". The New York Times.
      8. Sloan, Kathleen (June 10, 1995). "Zany Barb Boldly goes". Toronto Star.
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      11. We Are Still Here
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      14. "Check the first Teaser and Posters..." Twitch.
      15. "There's no way out..." Entertainment Weekly.
      16. "Death House". Dread Central.
      17. "OUR LADY OF THE INFERNO Audiobook in the Works with Barbara Crampton as the Lead". Dread Central.
      18. Walkuski, Eric (October 1, 2012). "AJ Bowen and Barbara Crampton join Halloween comedy, Grow Up, Tony Phillips". JoBlo Movie Network. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
      19. "11 Questions for Barbara Crampton - Marin Magazine - October 2015 - Marin County, California". www.marinmagazine.com. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
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