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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

112

Gender

Female

Birthday

1950-10-15

Day of Death

2015-09-07 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Bettina Mia

Candice Ball

Candice Chambers

Candice

Candace DeCarlo

Sharon Lucas

Mary Pearson

Candida Royal

Candida Royale

Candice Royalle

Candita Royalle

Jeanne Toller

Kathy Silverman

Cyntnia Pleschette

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

Taxi Girls

1979

Taxi Girls

as

Last Hooker into Cell

One Size Fits All

1998

One Size Fits All

as

dress seller

Stud Hunters

2003

Stud Hunters

as

Protester #1

Outlaw Ladies

1981

Outlaw Ladies

as

Zelda

The Starlets

1976

The Starlets

as

Mary Ann

I, the Jury

1982

I, the Jury

as

Orgy Participant (uncredited)

Legends of Porn

1987

Legends of Porn

as

(archive footage)

I Made Daddy Do It

1985

I Made Daddy Do It

as

(archive footage)

Urban Heat

1984

Urban Heat

as

Dancer

10

1979

10

as

Party Guest (uncredited)

Sensual Escape

1988

Sensual Escape

as

Person in Restaurant

Retro Girls Next Door

2023

Retro Girls Next Door

as

(archive footage)

Seka's Oriental Massage

2003

Seka's Oriental Massage

as

(archive footage)

Blue Ecstasy

1980

Blue Ecstasy

as

Melissa

Honey Wilder Triple Feature

2010

Honey Wilder Triple Feature

as

(archive footage)

Femmes de Sade

1976

Femmes de Sade

as

Girl at Party

Blue Vanities 257

1995

Blue Vanities 257

as

(archive footage)

The Ultimate Pleasure

1977

The Ultimate Pleasure

as

Hooker with Jim

This Is America Part 2

1980

This Is America Part 2

as

Plato's Retreat Swinger

Jungle Blue

1978

Jungle Blue

as

Orgy Girl

Forbidden Worlds

1988

Forbidden Worlds

as

Third Female (archive footage)

Carnal Haven

1978

Carnal Haven

as

Debbie

Easy Alice

1976

Easy Alice

as

Girl in Laundromat

Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story

1981

Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story

as

Juanita (archive footage)

October Silk

1980

October Silk

as

Renée

Night Hunger

1983

Night Hunger

as

The Starlet

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

2009

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

as

Self - Interviewee

Ballgame

1980

Ballgame

as

Lolita Wanamaker

Fascination

1980

Fascination

as

Victoria Gordon

Blue Magic

1981

Blue Magic

as

Natalie Woodhurst

The Tale of Tiffany Lust

1981

The Tale of Tiffany Lust

as

Guest #19 (as Jeanne Toller)

Ultra Flesh

1980

Ultra Flesh

as

Third Female Sex Performer

Baby Rosemary

1976

Baby Rosemary

as

Tracy

Sex Appeal

1986

Sex Appeal

as

Hooker

Inside Her Sex

2014

Inside Her Sex

as

Herself

Sissy's Hot Summer

1979

Sissy's Hot Summer

as

The Hostess

Kinky Tricks

1977

Kinky Tricks

as

Candy

Sunny

1979

Sunny

as

Sunny / Prostitute

Three Daughters

1986

Three Daughters

as

Waitress

That Lucky Stiff

1980

That Lucky Stiff

as

Massage Parlour Girl

Honey Pie

1976

Honey Pie

as

Dance Student

Delicious

1981

Delicious

as

Lady Caroline Dubier

Love Secrets

1976

Love Secrets

as

Alan's Secretary

Olympic Fever

1981

Olympic Fever

as

Olympic Swimmer

The Pony Girls

1976

The Pony Girls

as

Ex-Nurse

The Analyst

1975

The Analyst

as

Anita Gartley

Sexcapades

1983

Sexcapades

as

Makeup

Morgana

2019

Morgana

as

Herself

The Tiffany Minx

1981

The Tiffany Minx

as

Girl with Kitty

Candida Royalle Collection

2005

Candida Royalle Collection

as

(archive footage)

Hot Rackets

1979

Hot Rackets

as

Liz Adler

Hard Soap, Hard Soap

1977

Hard Soap, Hard Soap

as

Linda Lou

Candice

2019

Candice

as

Herself

Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me

1983

Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me

as

Third Female Sex Performer (archive footage)

Sizzle

1980

Sizzle

as

Gwen

Sweet Sister

1978

Sweet Sister

as

(as Cyntnia Pleschette) (credit only)

Babes in Joyland

1987

Babes in Joyland

as

Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)

Veronica's Diary

1985

Veronica's Diary

as

(archive footage)

Annette Haven Collection

2005

Annette Haven Collection

as

(archive footage)

Production

Crew

Femme

1984

Femme

as

Directing