Candida Royalle
Born on October 15th, 1950
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died on September 7th, 2015
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 Retro Girls Next Door
2023
(archive footage)
Details Leslie Bovee Blue Ecstacy Triple Feature
2014
(archive footage)
Details Honey Wilder Triple Feature
2010
(archive footage)
Details Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
2009
Self - Interviewee
Details How to Make Love to My Wife
2008
Herself
Details The Golden Age of Porn: Candida Royalle
2006
Character TBA
Details Candida Royalle Collection
2005
(archive footage)
Details Annette Haven Collection
2005
(archive footage)
Details Stud Hunters
2003
Protester #1
Details Seka's Oriental Massage
2003
(archive footage)
Details The Real Linda Lovelace
2001
Self
Details Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
1999
Self
Details One Size Fits All
1998
dress seller
Details Porn... It's a Living
1998
Self
Details Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
1997
Self
Details Blue Vanities 257
1995
(archive footage)
Details Forbidden Worlds
1988
Third Female (archive footage)
Details Sensual Escape
1988
Person in Restaurant
Details Legends of Porn
1987
(archive footage)
Details Babes in Joyland
1987
Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
Details Three Daughters
1986
Waitress
Details I Made Daddy Do It
1985
(archive footage)
Details Veronica's Diary
1985
(archive footage)
Details Studio of Lust
1984
Character TBA
Details Night Hunger
1983
The Starlet
Details The Playgirl
1983
Character TBA
Details Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me
1983
Third Female Sex Performer (archive footage)
Details I, the Jury
1982
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
Details Showgirl Superstars 10 – Candida Royale’s Fantasies
1982
Character TBA
Details Olympic Fever
1981
Olympic Swimmer
Details The Tiffany Minx
1981
Girl with Kitty
Details The Tale of Tiffany Lust
1981
Guest #19 (as Jeanne Toller)
Details Delicious
1981
Lady Caroline Dubier
Details Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story
1981
Juanita (archive footage)
Details Blue Magic
1981
Natalie Woodhurst
Details Fascination
1980
Victoria Gordon
Details That Lucky Stiff
1980
Massage Parlour Girl
Details This Is America Part 2
1980
Plato's Retreat Swinger
Details Ultra Flesh
1980
Third Female Sex Performer
Details Ballgame
1980
Lolita Wanamaker
Details Champagne for Breakfast
1980
Lesbian
Details Taxi Girls
1979
Last Hooker into Cell
Details 10
1979
Party Guest (uncredited)
Details Sunny
1979
Sunny / Prostitute
Details Sissy's Hot Summer
1979
The Hostess
Details Pro-Ball Cheerleaders
1979
Tamara
Details Thoroughly Amorous Amy
1978
Ellen
Details Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls
1978
Gino
Details Sweet Sister
1978
(as Cyntnia Pleschette) (credit only)
Details Hard Soap, Hard Soap
1977
Linda Lou
Details The Ultimate Pleasure
1977
Hooker with Jim
Details International Intrigue
1977
Candy
Details The Liberation of Honeydoll Jones
1977
Bobby's Sister
Details Easy Alice
1976
Girl in Laundromat
Details Femmes de Sade
1976
Girl at Party
Details Love Secrets
1976
Alan's Secretary
Details The Analyst
1975
Anita Gartley
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