
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.

as Self

as Party Guest (uncredited)
1979

as Self - Interviewee
2009

as Self
1999

as Orgy Participant (uncredited)
1982

as Hooker
1986
as Self
1998

as Plato's Retreat Swinger
1980

as Herself
2014

as Herself
2019

as Self
2001

as Herself
2019

as Self
2004
as Herself
2019

as (archive footage)
2023

as Herself
2019

as Herself
2019

as Herself
2014

as (archive footage)
2014

as Self - Interviewee
2009

as Self
2008

2006

as (archive footage)
2005

as (archive footage)
2005

as Self
2004

as Protester #1
2003

as (archive footage)
2003

as Self
2001

as Self
1999

as dress seller
1998
as Self
1998

as Self
1997
as (archive footage)
1995

as Third Female (archive footage)
1988

as Person in Restaurant
1988

as (archive footage)
1987
as Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
1987

as Waitress
1986
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