Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 15, 1950
Died
Sep 07, 2015
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
86 titles
Candida Royalle
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.
Known For
Filmography
Retro Girls Next Door
(archive footage)
Morgana
Herself
Candice
Herself
Inside Her Sex
Herself
Leslie Bovee Blue Ecstacy Triple Feature
(archive footage)
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
Self - Interviewee
How to Make Love to My Wife
Self
Afrodite Superstar
Executive Producer
Candida Royalle's Under the Covers
Director
The Golden Age of Porn: Candida Royalle
Candida Royalle Collection
(archive footage)
Annette Haven Collection
(archive footage)
The Naked Feminist
Self
Stud Hunters
Protester #1
Seka's Oriental Massage
(archive footage)
The Real Linda Lovelace
Self
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
Self
Eyes of Desire 2
Editor
Eyes of Desire
Editor
One Size Fits All
dress seller
Porn... It's a Living
Self
Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
Self
Candida Royalle's The Gift
Director
Blue Vanities 257
(archive footage)
The Word
Forbidden Worlds
Third Female (archive footage)
Sensual Escape
Person in Restaurant
Legends of Porn
(archive footage)
Babes in Joyland
Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rites of Passion
Executive Producer
Three Daughters
Waitress
Sex Appeal
Hooker
Christine's Secret
Story
I Made Daddy Do It
(archive footage)
Veronica's Diary
(archive footage)
Femme
Executive Producer
Urban Heat
Dancer
Studio of Lust
Night Hunger
The Starlet
Sexcapades
Makeup
The Playgirl
Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me
Third Female Sex Performer (archive footage)
I, the Jury
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
Showgirl Superstars 10 – Candida Royale’s Fantasies
Olympic Fever
Olympic Swimmer
The Tiffany Minx
Girl with Kitty
The Tale of Tiffany Lust
Guest #19
Delicious
Lady Caroline Dubier
Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story
Juanita (archive footage)
Blue Magic
Natalie Woodhurst