Candida Royalle

Acting Oct 15, 1950 Sep 7, 2015 (aged 65) 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.

76 Acting Credits

15 Crew Credits

Candida Royalle

Acting

10

I, the Jury

Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes

Baby Rosemary

Femmes de Sade

Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls

Taxi Girls

Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story

The Tale of Tiffany Lust

Hard Soap, Hard Soap

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

Champagne for Breakfast

Sex Appeal

This Is America Part 2

The Real Linda Lovelace

Ballgame

Ultra Flesh

Sunny

Sexcapades

The Ultimate Pleasure

Jungle Blue

The Playgirl

Outlaw Ladies

Blue Ecstasy

Crew

Eyes of Desire

Christine's Secret

Urban Heat

Sensual Escape

One Way at a Time

One Size Fits All

Femme

Three Daughters

Candida Royalle's The Gift

Candida Royalle's Under the Covers

Rites of Passion

Eyes of Desire 2