Camille Keaton

Camille Keaton (born July 20, 1947) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Jennifer Hills in the controversial 1978 film I Spit on Your Grave. She began her career in Italy, making her film debut as Solange Beauregard in the giallo film What Have You Done to Solange?, and starred in several other Italian horror films through the early 1970s. In 2015, Keaton reprised her role as Jennifer Hills for the film, I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu, which was released in 2019.

Early life Keaton was born July 20, 1947, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She attended middle school in Eudora, Arkansas until 1960 when her family moved to Atlanta, Georgia.

In 1969, she was involved in a major car accident that left her with facial scarring. Keaton once worked as a hostess for Amtrak.

Career Keaton relocated to Italy in 1971, Robert Marcucci says of her role as Solange, "She truly steals every scene she's in, simply drifting in and out of each of her scenes, her face and mannerisms mysterious and alluring." The same year, she appeared as the lead in the Italian horror film Tragic Ceremony (1972).

In November 1972, Keaton was a centerfold in the Italian men's entertainment magazine Playmen. In September 1974, she was on the cover of Playmen. Keaton returned to the United States in 1975, settling in New York City. For her performance, she won the Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley (Sitges Sterling Silver Medal) Best Actress award at the 1978 Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival.

After the release of I Spit On Your Grave, Keaton moved with husband Zarchi to Los Angeles, California. and has also appeared in the films Chop (2011) and The Butterfly Room (2013).

Her most recent films include Samuel Farmer's home-invasion thriller The Last House (2019), Terror in Woods Creek (2017), Blood River (2013) and Plan 9 (2015).

Personal life In 1979, Keaton married Israeli filmmaker Meir Zarchi, the director of I Spit on Your Grave; they divorced in 1982. She was married to film producer Sidney Luft from March 20, 1993, until his death on September 15, 2005.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1972 What Have You Done to Solange? Solange Beauregard Decameron II - Boccaccio's other short stories Alibech Italian: Decameron No. 2 – Le altre novelle di Boccaccio Tragic Ceremony Jane 1973 The Brooklyn Cat Aspiring Detective II Guendalina Bacherozza de Porcaris Italian: Il gatto di Brooklyn aspirante detective II Sex of the Witch Ann Italian: Il sesso della strega 1974 Madeleine: Anatomy of a Nightmare Madeleine Italian: Madeleine, anatomia di un incubo 1978 I Spit on Your Grave Jennifer Hills 1982 Raw Force Girl in toilet The Concrete Jungle Rita Newman 1989 No Justice Preacher's wife 1993 Savage Vengeance Jennifer 2004 Holy Hollywood Betty 2010 Chop Mrs. Reed Turkish Saddle Karmen Roback Latin: Sella Turcica 2012 The Butterfly Room Olga The Lords of Salem Doris Von Fux Uncredited 2013 Blood River Mirabella 2015 Diabolical Cabaret Agent Marcia Wilson French: Cabaret DiaboliquePlan 9Grandma 2017 Death House Kristi Boon Terror in Woods Creek Principal Beasley 2018 Me and Mrs. Jones Mom 2019 The Last House Marsha Kane aka Cry for the Bad Man I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu Jennifer Hills 2020 Camp Twilight District Attorney 2022 The People in the Trees Mother 2023 Christ Rising Elizabeth 2024 Coffintooth Glynis