Candice Azzara
Born: 1945-05-18 in Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Known For: Acting
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 Moon Is Blue. Azzara was cast as Gloria in the second pilot of All in the Family when it was entitled Those Were the Days and the family name was Justice instead of Bunker.[2] She was a regular on the sitcom Calucci's Department and had recurring roles on Caroline in the City, Who's the Boss, Soap, and Rhoda. She has guested on numerous series, including Diff'rent Strokes, The Practice, Married With Children, Kojak, Barney Miller (as a manicurist, in Season 2 Episode 3), Trapper John, M.D., L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, ER, Married with Children (1992) and Joan of Arcadia. On screen Azzara has appeared in In Her Shoes, Ocean's Twelve, Catch Me If You Can, Easy Money, House Calls, Unstrung Heroes, Pandemonium, Fatso, and Made for Each Other. Azzara is the aunt of actress Lana Parrilla. Description above from the Wikipedia article Candice Azzara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2019
- In Vino as Aunt Clara
2018
- Alex, Inc. as Auntie Louise
2015
- Little Boy as Bertha
- The Flight Before Christmas as Debbie
2011
- The Christmas Pageant as Ethel Clark
2010
- Rizzoli & Isles as Mrs. Gold
2009
- The Storm as Rose
2008
- Final Approach as Elizabeth Foxhaven
2005
- Medium as Elderly Woman
- In Her Shoes as Sydelle Feller
2004
- Ocean's Twelve as Saul Bloom's Girlfriend
2003
- Joan of Arcadia as Housewife God
2002
- Catch Me If You Can as Darcy
2000
- Strong Medicine as Lorraine Mills
1999
- The Hungry Bachelors Club as Hannibal Youngblood
1998
- Land of the Free as Waitress (as Candy Azzara)
1995
- Caroline in the City as Angie Spadaro
- Unstrung Heroes as Joanie
1994
- ER as Mrs. Roth
1989
1988
- The Wonder Years as Mrs. Ermin
- Doin' Time on Planet Earth as Edna Pinsly
1987
- Married... with Children as Madame Inga
- Roomies
1986
- L.A. Law as Sweetheart
1985
- The Twilight Zone as (segment "The Library")
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Marilee Coleson
- Night Court as Lorna Huebner
- E/R as Laura
- Mama Malone
1983
- Easy Money as Rose Capuletti (as Candy Azzara)
1982
- Pandemonium as Bambi
- Divorce Wars: A Love Story as Sylvia Bemous
- The Million Dollar Infield as Rochelle Levitas
1980
- Fatso as Lydia
- Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1978
- House Calls as Ellen Grady
- Diff'rent Strokes
- How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness as Sheila
1977
- CHiPs as Cheri (as Candy Azzara)
- The World's Greatest Lover as Anne Calassandro
1975
- Barney Miller as Miss Lamota
- Baretta
- Hearts of the West as Waitress
- The Montefuscos
- Fay
1974
1973
- Kojak as Milly Blasky
- Calucci's Department
- Hail as The People
1971
- Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? as Sally (as Candy Azzara)
- They Might Be Giants as Teenage Girl (uncredited)
- Made For Each Other as Sheila