In 2012, she produced Nice Work If You Can Get It, which was nominated for 10 Tony Awards and won for Featured Actor (Michael McGrath) and Featured Actress (Judy Kaye). Her second Broadway show, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying opened with Daniel Radcliffe in the lead role. Her first co-production, Promises, Promises, starred Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth and was nominated for four Tony Awards. Spelling began producing theater on Broadway in 2010. In 2013, she produced and starred in Beyond Spelling Manor, a three-episode series about the construction of her subsequent residence, a $35m condominium, and her search for an apartment in New York City.

In December 2011 and January 2012, Spelling produced and starred in Selling Spelling Manor, a two-episode special for HGTV that documented the process of moving from and selling her 123-room, 56,500 square foot home. She has written for TMZ and the Huffington Post, among others. Her memoir, Candy at Last, was published by Wiley in May 2014. Spelling's autobiography, Stories from Candyland, released in March 2009, hit The New York Times best seller list two weeks after publication. She attended Beverly Hills High School and Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles. Although initially successful, the chain failed as a result of overexpansion. Her father was a salesman who founded a chain of furniture stores. She has an elder brother, Anthony Marer (born July 24, 1942). Early life and education Ĭarole Gene Marer was born in Beverly Hills, California, to Augusta (née Rosen) and Merritt Marer, and grew up in a Jewish home. She was married to Aaron Spelling from 1968 until his death in 2006. Carole Gene 'Candy' Spelling (née Marer born September 20, 1945) is an American author, theater producer, and philanthropist.

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