Candida Royalle
October 15, 1950 (74 years old) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
Credits
- 2023 · Retro Girls Next Door as (archive footage)
- 2019 · Morgana as Herself
- 2019 · Candice as Herself
- 2014 · Inside Her Sex as Herself
- 2014 · Leslie Bovee Blue Ecstacy Triple Feature as (archive footage)
- 2010 · Honey Wilder Triple Feature as (archive footage)
- 2009 · Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism as Self - Interviewee
- 2008 · How to Make Love to My Wife as Herself
- 2005 · Candida Royalle Collection as (archive footage)
- 2005 · Annette Haven Collection as (archive footage)
- 2004 · The Naked Feminist as Self
- 2003 · Stud Hunters as Protester #1
- 2003 · Seka's Oriental Massage as (archive footage)
- 2001 · The Real Linda Lovelace as Self
- 1999 · Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes as Self
- 1998 · One Size Fits All as dress seller
- 1998 · Porn... It's a Living as Self
- 1997 · Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality as Self
- 1995 · Blue Vanities 257 as (archive footage)
- 1988 · Forbidden Worlds as Third Female (archive footage)
- 1988 · Sensual Escape as Person in Restaurant
- 1987 · Legends of Porn as (archive footage)
- 1987 · Babes in Joyland as Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1986 · Three Daughters as Waitress
- 1986 · Sex Appeal as Hooker
- 1985 · I Made Daddy Do It as (archive footage)
- 1985 · Veronica's Diary as (archive footage)
- 1984 · Urban Heat as Dancer
- 1984 · Studio of Lust as
- 1983 · Night Hunger as The Starlet
- 1983 · Sexcapades as Makeup
- 1983 · The Playgirl as
- 1983 · Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me as Third Female Sex Performer (archive footage)
- 1982 · I, the Jury as Orgy Participant (uncredited)
- 1981 · Olympic Fever as Olympic Swimmer
- 1981 · The Tiffany Minx as Girl with Kitty
- 1981 · The Tale of Tiffany Lust as Guest #19 (as Jeanne Toller)
- 1981 · Delicious as Lady Caroline Dubier
- 1981 · Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story as Juanita (archive footage)
- 1981 · Blue Magic as Natalie Woodhurst
- 1981 · Outlaw Ladies as Zelda
- 1980 · Fascination as Victoria Gordon
- 1980 · That Lucky Stiff as Massage Parlour Girl
- 1980 · This Is America Part 2 as Plato's Retreat Swinger
- 1980 · October Silk as Renée
- 1980 · Ultra Flesh as Third Female Sex Performer
- 1980 · Ballgame as Lolita Wanamaker
- 1980 · Blue Ecstasy as Melissa
- 1980 · Champagne for Breakfast as Lesbian
- 1980 · Sizzle as Gwen
- 1979 · Taxi Girls as Last Hooker into Cell
- 1979 · 10 as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1979 · Sunny as Sunny / Prostitute
- 1979 · Hot Rackets as Liz Adler
- 1979 · Sissy's Hot Summer as The Hostess
- 1979 · Pro-Ball Cheerleaders as Tamara
- 1978 · Thoroughly Amorous Amy as Ellen
- 1978 · Jungle Blue as Orgy Girl
- 1978 · Carnal Haven as Debbie
- 1978 · Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls as Gino
- 1978 · Sweet Sister as (as Cyntnia Pleschette) (credit only)
- 1977 · Kinky Tricks as Candy
- 1977 · Hard Soap, Hard Soap as Linda Lou
- 1977 · The Ultimate Pleasure as Hooker with Jim
- 1977 · International Intrigue as Candy
- 1977 · The Liberation of Honeydoll Jones as Bobby's Sister
- 1976 · Easy Alice as Girl in Laundromat
- 1976 · Baby Rosemary as Tracy
- 1976 · The Starlets as Mary Ann
- 1976 · Femmes de Sade as Girl at Party
- 1976 · Honey Pie as Dance Student
- 1976 · Love Secrets as Alan's Secretary
- 1976 · The Pony Girls as Ex-Nurse
- 1975 · The Analyst as Anita Gartley