Candida Royalle
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Word
1990
Film
10
Party Guest (uncredited)
1979
Film
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
Self - Interviewee
2009
Film
I, the Jury
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
1982
Film
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
Self
1999
Film
Morgana
Herself
2019
Film
Sex Appeal
Hooker
1986
Film
This Is America Part 2
Plato's Retreat Swinger
1980
Film
Candice
Herself
2019
Film
Inside Her Sex
Herself
2014
Film
The Real Linda Lovelace
Self
2001
Porn... It's a Living
Self
1998
Film
The Naked Feminist
Self
2004
Film
Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
Self
1997
Film
How to Make Love to My Wife
Self
2008
Film
Sexcapades
Makeup
1983
Film
Baby Rosemary
Tracy
1976
Film
Taxi Girls
Last Hooker into Cell
1979
Film
One Size Fits All
dress seller
1998
Film
Stud Hunters
Protester #1
2003
Film
Outlaw Ladies
Zelda
1981
Film
The Starlets
Mary Ann
1976
Film
Legends of Porn
(archive footage)
1987
Film
I Made Daddy Do It
(archive footage)
1985
Film
Urban Heat
Dancer
1984
Film
Sensual Escape
Person in Restaurant
1988
Film
Retro Girls Next Door
(archive footage)
2023
Film
Seka's Oriental Massage
(archive footage)
2003
Film
Blue Ecstasy
Melissa
1980
Film
International Intrigue
Candy
1977
Film
Femmes de Sade
Girl at Party
1976
Blue Vanities 257
(archive footage)
1995
Film
Leslie Bovee Blue Ecstacy Triple Feature
(archive footage)
2014
Film
The Ultimate Pleasure
Hooker with Jim
1977
Film
Studio of Lust
1984
Film
Jungle Blue
Orgy Girl
1978
Film
Forbidden Worlds
Third Female (archive footage)
1988
Film
Carnal Haven
Debbie
1978
Film
Easy Alice
Girl in Laundromat
1976
Film
Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story
Juanita (archive footage)
1981
Film
Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls
Gino
1978
Film
October Silk
Renée
1980
Film
Night Hunger
The Starlet
1983
Film
Ballgame
Lolita Wanamaker
1980
Film
Champagne for Breakfast
Lesbian
1980
Film
Fascination
Victoria Gordon
1980
Film
Blue Magic
Natalie Woodhurst
1981
Film
The Tale of Tiffany Lust
Guest #19
1981
Film
Ultra Flesh
Third Female Sex Performer
1980
Film
Sissy's Hot Summer
The Hostess
1979
Film
Pro-Ball Cheerleaders
Tamara
1979
Film
Kinky Tricks
Candy
1977
Film
Sunny
Sunny / Prostitute
1979
Film
Thoroughly Amorous Amy
Ellen
1978
Film
Three Daughters
Waitress
1986
Film
That Lucky Stiff
Massage Parlour Girl
1980
Film
The Liberation of Honeydoll Jones
Bobby's Sister
1977
Film
Honey Pie
Dance Student
1976
Film
Delicious
Lady Caroline Dubier
1981
Film
Love Secrets
Alan's Secretary
1976
Film
Olympic Fever
Olympic Swimmer
1981
Film
The Pony Girls
Ex-Nurse
1976
Film
The Analyst
Anita Gartley
1975
Film
The Tiffany Minx
Girl with Kitty
1981
Film
Candida Royalle Collection
(archive footage)
2005
Film
Hot Rackets
Liz Adler
1979
Film
Hard Soap, Hard Soap
Linda Lou
1977
Film
Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me
Third Female Sex Performer (archive footage)
1983
Film
Sizzle
Gwen
1980
Film
Sweet Sister
(as Cyntnia Pleschette) (credit only)
1978
Babes in Joyland
Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
1987
Film
Veronica's Diary
(archive footage)
1985
Film
The Playgirl
1983
Film
Annette Haven Collection
(archive footage)
2005
Film
The Golden Age of Porn: Candida Royalle
2006
Showgirl Superstars 10 – Candida Royale’s Fantasies
1982
Film
The Royale Treatment
1976