Candida Royalle
Acting
🎂 1950-10-15
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.
Cast credits(76)
Party Guest (uncredited)
1979
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
1982
Self
1999
Hooker
1986
Self
1998
Self
2004
Herself
2019
Self
1997
Self
2001
Self - Interviewee
2009
Herself
2014
Herself
2019
Plato's Retreat Swinger
1980
Herself
2008
Last Hooker into Cell
1979
dress seller
1998
Protester #1
2003
Zelda
1981
Mary Ann
1976
(archive footage)
1987
(archive footage)
1985
Dancer
1984
Person in Restaurant
1988
(archive footage)
2023
(archive footage)
2003
Melissa
1980
(archive footage)
2010
Candy
1977
Girl at Party
1976
(archive footage)
1995
(archive footage)
2014
Hooker with Jim
1977
1984
Orgy Girl
1978
Third Female (archive footage)
1988
Debbie
1978
Girl in Laundromat
1976
Juanita (archive footage)
1981
Gino
1978
Renée
1980
The Starlet
1983
Lolita Wanamaker
1980
Lesbian
1980
Victoria Gordon
1980
Natalie Woodhurst
1981
Guest #19 (as Jeanne Toller)
1981
Third Female Sex Performer
1980
Tracy
1976
The Hostess
1979
Tamara
1979
Candy
1977
Sunny / Prostitute
1979
Ellen
1978
Waitress
1986
Massage Parlour Girl
1980
Bobby's Sister
1977
Dance Student
1976
Lady Caroline Dubier
1981
Alan's Secretary
1976
Olympic Swimmer
1981
Ex-Nurse
1976
Anita Gartley
1975
Makeup
1983
Girl with Kitty
1981
(archive footage)
2005
Liz Adler
1979
Linda Lou
1977
Third Female Sex Performer (archive footage)
1983
Gwen
1980
(as Cyntnia Pleschette) (credit only)
1978
Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
1987
(archive footage)
1985
1983
(archive footage)
2005
2006
1982
