Candice Azzara

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1945-05-18 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Candice Azzara

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Candice "Candy" Azzara (born May 18, 1945) is an American character actress frequently cast in Italian or Jewish roles. Azzara was born in Brooklyn, the daughter of Josephine (née Bravo) and Samuel Azzara. She was inspired to pursue acting by the film La Strada and theatre legend Eleanora Duse. She studied with Lee Strasberg and Gene Frankel and soon began appearing off-Broadway and in regional theatres. Billed as Candy Azzara, she made her Broadway debut in Lovers and Other Strangers in 1968. Additional stage credits include Jake's Women, Cactus Flower, Any Wednesday, Barefoot in the Park, and The...

Acting

2005

In Her Shoes

as Sydelle Feller

1978

House Calls

as Ellen Grady

1983

Easy Money

as Rose Capuletti (as Candy Azzara)

1982

Pandemonium

as Bambi

1971

They Might Be Giants

as Teenage Girl (uncredited)

1982

The Million Dollar Infield

as Rochelle Levitas

1977

The World's Greatest Lover

as Anne Calassandro

1982

1998

Land of the Free

as Waitress (as Candy Azzara)

1973

Hail

as The People

2008

Final Approach

as Elizabeth Foxhaven

2015

Little Boy

as Bertha

1975

1980

Fatso

as Lydia

1999

The Hungry Bachelors Club

as Hannibal Youngblood

2011

The Christmas Pageant

as Ethel Clark

1971

1995

2019

In Vino

as Aunt Clara

2004

Ocean's Twelve

as Saul Bloom's Girlfriend

1988

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