Candida Royalle
Biography
Candida Royalle, born Candice Vandala, grew up in New York City and trained in dance and music before entering the adult film industry in 1974. Candida starred in about 25 Golden Age films before retiring from performing in 1984 - after which she became the first woman to start her own studio, Femme Productions, and was one of the earliest female directors. In her later years, she, with the help of a private investigator, managed to track down her birth mother, who had abandoned her at 18 months, but she had already passed away from ovarian cancer. Not long after, Royalle was herself diagnosed with ovarian cancer, which she succumbed to on September 7, 2015.
Known For
Acting
1979
asLast Hooker into Cell
2001
asSelf
1998
asdress seller
2003
asProtester #1
1981
asZelda
1976
asMary Ann
1982
asOrgy Participant (uncredited)
1987
as(archive footage)
1985
as(archive footage)
1997
asSelf
1984
asDancer
1979
asParty Guest (uncredited)
1988
asPerson in Restaurant
2023
as(archive footage)
2003
as(archive footage)
1980
asMelissa
2010
as(archive footage)
1977
asCandy
1976
asGirl at Party
2008
asHerself
1998
asSelf
2014
as(archive footage)
1995
as(archive footage)
1977
asHooker with Jim
1984
as
1980
asPlato's Retreat Swinger
2004
asSelf
1978
asOrgy Girl
1988
asThird Female (archive footage)
1978
asDebbie
1976
asGirl in Laundromat
1981
asJuanita (archive footage)
1978
asGino
1980
asRenée
1983
asThe Starlet
2009
asSelf - Interviewee
1980
asLolita Wanamaker
1980
asLesbian
1980
asVictoria Gordon
1981
asNatalie Woodhurst
1981
asGuest #19 (as Jeanne Toller)
1980
asThird Female Sex Performer
1976
asTracy
1986
asHooker
1999
asSelf
2014
asHerself
1979
asThe Hostess
1979
asTamara
1977
asCandy
1979
asSunny / Prostitute
1978
asEllen
1986
asWaitress
1980
asMassage Parlour Girl
1977
asBobby's Sister
1976
asDance Student
1981
asLady Caroline Dubier
1976
asAlan's Secretary
1981
asOlympic Swimmer
1976
asEx-Nurse
1975
asAnita Gartley
1983
asMakeup
2019
asHerself
1981
asGirl with Kitty
2005
as(archive footage)
1979
asLiz Adler
1977
asLinda Lou
2019
asHerself
1983
asThird Female Sex Performer (archive footage)
1980
asGwen
1978
as(as Cyntnia Pleschette) (credit only)
1987
asPrudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
1985
as(archive footage)
1983
as
2005
as(archive footage)
2006
as1982
asProduction
1984
as
1987
as1988
as
1984
as
2007
as1986
asCrew
1984
asDirecting
2007
as1988
as
1998
as
1999
as1998
as2003
as1986
as
1997
as
1986
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