“I notice that the more my self-esteem expands, the less patience I have for the pursuit cycle she creates when she shuts me out.
“Tori and I are a work in progress and probably always will be,” she wrote. Candy also wrote a a book, Stories From Candyland, in 2009, sharing details about her often troubled relationship with daughter Tori. The 76-year-old has served as a producer on Broadway, overseeing various productions like The Color Purple and The Iceman Cometh. She was first married to Howard Frederick Leveson from 1963 till 1964, then married Tori’s father Aaron from 1968 until his death in 2006. Candy Spelling Tori, Aaron, and Candy Spelling (Featureflash Photo Agency).Ĭandy Spelling, née Carole Gene Marer, was born Sept. Find out more below about Tori’s parents, Candy and Aaron, and see how she feels about them today.
Although Tori definitely lived a charmed life growing up in “Spelling Manor” and making a name for herself on her own as an actress, she often had a strained relationship with her mother and didn’t have an exactly pleasant parting with her father after he died, as his multi-million-dollar estate was miserly divvied up between she and the rest of her family.