Candida Royalle
Born: 1950-10-15 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 2015-09-07
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2023
- Retro Girls Next Door as (archive footage)
2014
- Inside Her Sex as Herself
- Leslie Bovee Blue Ecstacy Triple Feature as (archive footage)
2009
- Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism as Self - Interviewee
2008
- How to Make Love to My Wife as Self
2007
- Afrodite Superstar ... (Executive Producer)
- Candida Royalle's Under the Covers ... (Director)
2005
- Candida Royalle Collection as (archive footage)
- Annette Haven Collection as (archive footage)
2004
- The Naked Feminist as Self
2003
- Stud Hunters as Protester #1
- 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
- Eyes of Desire 2 ... (Editor)
1998
- Porn... It's a Living as Self
- One Size Fits All as dress seller
- Eyes of Desire ... (Editor)
1997
- Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality as Self
- Candida Royalle's The Gift ... (Director)
1995
- Blue Vanities 257 as (archive footage)
1988
- Sensual Escape as Person in Restaurant
- Forbidden Worlds as Third Female (archive footage)
1987
- Legends of Porn as (archive footage)
- Babes in Joyland as Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Rites of Passion ... (Executive Producer)
1986
- Sex Appeal as Hooker
- Three Daughters as Waitress
- Christine's Secret ... (Director)
1985
- I Made Daddy Do It as (archive footage)
- Veronica's Diary as (archive footage)
1984
- Urban Heat as Dancer
- Studio of Lust
- Femme ... (Script)
1983
- Night Hunger as The Starlet
- Sexcapades as Makeup
- Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me as Third Female Sex Performer (archive footage)
- The Playgirl
1982
- I, the Jury as Orgy Participant (uncredited)
- Showgirl Superstars 10 – Candida Royale’s Fantasies
1981
- Outlaw Ladies as Zelda
- Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story as Juanita (archive footage)
- Blue Magic as Natalie Woodhurst
- The Tale of Tiffany Lust as Guest #19
- Delicious as Lady Caroline Dubier
- Olympic Fever as Olympic Swimmer
- The Tiffany Minx as Girl with Kitty
1980
- This Is America Part 2 as Plato's Retreat Swinger
- Champagne for Breakfast as Lesbian
- Blue Ecstasy as Melissa
- October Silk as Renée
- Ballgame as Lolita Wanamaker
- Fascination as Victoria Gordon
- Ultra Flesh as Third Female Sex Performer
- That Lucky Stiff as Massage Parlour Girl
- Sizzle as Gwen
1979
- 10 as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Hot Rackets as Liz Adler
- Taxi Girls as Last Hooker into Cell
- Sissy's Hot Summer as The Hostess
- Pro-Ball Cheerleaders as Tamara
- Sunny as Sunny / Prostitute
- One Way at a Time ... (Theme Song Performance)
1978
- Jungle Blue as Orgy Girl
- Carnal Haven as Debbie
- Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls as Gino
- Thoroughly Amorous Amy as Ellen
- Sweet Sister as (as Cyntnia Pleschette) (credit only)
1977
- International Intrigue as Candy
- The Ultimate Pleasure as Hooker with Jim
- Kinky Tricks as Candy
- The Liberation of Honeydoll Jones as Bobby's Sister
- Hard Soap, Hard Soap as Linda Lou
1976
- Femmes de Sade as Girl at Party
- The Starlets as Mary Ann
- Easy Alice as Girl in Laundromat
- Baby Rosemary as Tracy
- Honey Pie as Dance Student
- Love Secrets as Alan's Secretary
- The Pony Girls as Ex-Nurse
- The Royale Treatment
1975
- The Analyst as Anita Gartley