Candida Royalle
Actor
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
10
as Party Guest (uncredited) 1979
I, the Jury
as Orgy Participant (uncredited) 1982
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
as Self 1999
Baby Rosemary
as Tracy 1976
Femmes de Sade
as Girl at Party 1976
Taxi Girls
as Last Hooker into Cell 1979
Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls
as Gino 1978
Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story
as Juanita (archive footage) 1981
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
as Self - Interviewee 2009
The Tale of Tiffany Lust
as Guest #19 1981
Hard Soap, Hard Soap
as Linda Lou 1977
Champagne for Breakfast
as Lesbian 1980
Sex Appeal
as Hooker 1986
The Real Linda Lovelace
as Self 2001
This Is America Part 2
as Plato's Retreat Swinger 1980
Ballgame
as Lolita Wanamaker 1980
Ultra Flesh
as Third Female Sex Performer 1980