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.
Filmography
Retro Girls Next Door
2023
as (archive footage)
Morgana
2019
as Herself
Candice
2019
as Herself
Inside Her Sex
2014
as Herself
Leslie Bovee Blue Ecstacy Triple Feature
2014
as (archive footage)
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
2009
as Self - Interviewee
How to Make Love to My Wife
2008
as Self
The Golden Age of Porn: Candida Royalle
2006
Candida Royalle Collection
2005
as (archive footage)
Annette Haven Collection
2005
as (archive footage)
The Naked Feminist
2004
as Self
Stud Hunters
2003
as Protester #1
Seka's Oriental Massage
2003
as (archive footage)
The Real Linda Lovelace
2001
as Self
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
1999
as Self
One Size Fits All
1998
as dress seller
- No poster
Porn... It's a Living
1998
as Self
Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
1997
as Self
- No poster
Blue Vanities 257
1995
as (archive footage)
Forbidden Worlds
1988
as Third Female (archive footage)
Sensual Escape
1988
as Person in Restaurant
Legends of Porn
1987
as (archive footage)
- No poster
Babes in Joyland
1987
as Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
Three Daughters
1986
as Waitress