Candida Royalle
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1950-10-15 (65 years old)
Deathday
2015-09-07
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 S...
Acting
1979
as Last Hooker into Cell
2001
as Self
1998
as dress seller
2003
as Protester #1
1981
as Zelda
1976
as Mary Ann
1982
as Orgy Participant (uncredited)
1987
as (archive footage)
1985
as (archive footage)
1997
1984
as Dancer
1979
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1988
as Person in Restaurant
2023
as (archive footage)
2003
as (archive footage)
1980
as Melissa
2010
as (archive footage)
1977
as Candy
1976
as Girl at Party
2008
as Herself
1998
as Self
2014
as (archive footage)
1995
as (archive footage)
1977
as Hooker with Jim
1984
1980
as Plato's Retreat Swinger
2004
as Self
1978
as Orgy Girl
1988
as Third Female (archive footage)
1978
as Debbie
1976
as Girl in Laundromat
1981
as Juanita (archive footage)
1978
as Gino
1980
as Renée
1983
as The Starlet
2009
as Self - Interviewee
1980
as Lolita Wanamaker
1980
as Lesbian
1980
as Victoria Gordon
1981
as Natalie Woodhurst
1981
as Guest #19 (as Jeanne Toller)
1980
as Third Female Sex Performer
1976
as Tracy
1986
as Hooker
1999
2014
as Herself
1979
as The Hostess
1979
as Tamara
1977
as Candy
1979
as Sunny / Prostitute
1978
as Ellen
1986
as Waitress
1980
as Massage Parlour Girl
1977
as Bobby's Sister
1976
as Dance Student
1981
as Lady Caroline Dubier
1976
as Alan's Secretary
1981
as Olympic Swimmer
1976
as Ex-Nurse
1975
as Anita Gartley
1983
as Makeup
2019
as Herself
1981
as Girl with Kitty
2005
as (archive footage)
1979
as Liz Adler
1977
as Linda Lou
2019
as Herself
1983
as Third Female Sex Performer (archive footage)
1980
as Gwen
1978
as (as Cyntnia Pleschette) (credit only)
1987
as Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
1985
as (archive footage)
1983
2005
as (archive footage)
Production
2007
as Director
1984
as Writer
1984
as Producer
1984
as Editor
1984
as Title Designer
1984
as Vocals
1979
as Theme Song Performance
1987
as Executive Producer
1988
as Writer
1988
as Director
1988
as Producer
1988
as Editor
1998
as Director
1998
as Screenplay
1998
as Editor
1999
as Writer
1999
as Editor
1999
as Director
1998
as Director
1998
as Writer
1998
as Editor
2003
as Director
2003
as Editor
2003
as Writer
2007
as Writer
1984
as Executive Producer
1984
as Script
2007
as Executive Producer
1981
as Writer
1986
as Director
1986
as Writer
1986
as Executive Producer
1986
as Editor
1997
as Director
1986
as Director
1986
as Story
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