Candida Royalle
Known For
Acting
Born
1950-10-15 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died
2015-09-07
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.
Most Known For
Sex Appeal
as Hooker
10
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
as Self - Interviewee
Morgana
as Herself
I, the Jury
as Orgy Participant (uncredited)
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
as Self
Porn... It's a Living
as Self
Candice
as Herself
This Is America Part 2
as Plato's Retreat Swinger
Inside Her Sex
as Herself
The Naked Feminist
as Self
The Real Linda Lovelace
as Self
How to Make Love to My Wife
as Herself
Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
as Self
Taxi Girls
as Last Hooker into Cell
One Size Fits All
as dress seller
Stud Hunters
as Protester #1
Outlaw Ladies
as Zelda
The Starlets
as Mary Ann
Legends of Porn
as (archive footage)