Candida Royalle
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.
Known for
2023Retro Girls Next Door
(archive footage)
2019Morgana
Herself
2019Candice
Herself
2014Leslie Bovee Blue Ecstacy Triple Feature
(archive footage)
2014Inside Her Sex
Herself
2009Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
Self - Interviewee
2008How to Make Love to My Wife
Self
2006The Golden Age of Porn: Candida Royalle
2005Candida Royalle Collection
(archive footage)
2005Annette Haven Collection
(archive footage)
2004The Naked Feminist
Self
2003Stud Hunters
Protester #1
2003Seka's Oriental Massage
(archive footage)
2001The Real Linda Lovelace
Self
1999Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
Self
1998One Size Fits All
dress seller
1997Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
Self
1988Sensual Escape
Person in Restaurant
1988Forbidden Worlds
Third Female (archive footage)
1987Legends of Porn
(archive footage)
1986Sex Appeal
Hooker
1986Three Daughters
Waitress
1985I Made Daddy Do It
(archive footage)
1985Veronica's Diary
(archive footage)
