Candida Royalle
Acting • Born 1950-10-15 – Died 2015-09-07
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
76 credits
Taxi Girls
Movie • 1979
Last Hooker into Cell
The Real Linda Lovelace
Movie • 2001
Self
One Size Fits All
Movie • 1998
dress seller
Stud Hunters
Movie • 2003
Protester #1
Outlaw Ladies
Movie • 1981
Zelda
The Starlets
Movie • 1976
Mary Ann
I, the Jury
Movie • 1982
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
Legends of Porn
Movie • 1987
(archive footage)
I Made Daddy Do It
Movie • 1985
(archive footage)
Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
Movie • 1997
Self
Urban Heat
Movie • 1984
Dancer
10
Movie • 1979
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sensual Escape
Movie • 1988
Person in Restaurant
Retro Girls Next Door
Movie • 2023
(archive footage)
Seka's Oriental Massage
Movie • 2003
(archive footage)
Blue Ecstasy
Movie • 1980
Melissa
International Intrigue
Movie • 1977
Candy
Femmes de Sade
Movie • 1976
Girl at Party
How to Make Love to My Wife
Movie • 2008
Herself
Porn... It's a Living
Movie • 1998
Self
Blue Vanities 257
Movie • 1995
(archive footage)
Leslie Bovee Blue Ecstacy Triple Feature
Movie • 2014
(archive footage)
The Ultimate Pleasure
Movie • 1977
Hooker with Jim
Studio of Lust
Movie • 1984
This Is America Part 2
Movie • 1980
Plato's Retreat Swinger
The Naked Feminist
Movie • 2004
Self
Jungle Blue
Movie • 1978
Orgy Girl
Forbidden Worlds
Movie • 1988
Third Female (archive footage)
Carnal Haven
Movie • 1978
Debbie
Easy Alice
Movie • 1976
Girl in Laundromat
Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story
Movie • 1981
Juanita (archive footage)
Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls
Movie • 1978
Gino
October Silk
Movie • 1980
Renée
Night Hunger
Movie • 1983
The Starlet
Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
Movie • 2009
Self - Interviewee
Ballgame
Movie • 1980
Lolita Wanamaker
Champagne for Breakfast
Movie • 1980
Lesbian
Fascination
Movie • 1980
Victoria Gordon
Blue Magic
Movie • 1981
Natalie Woodhurst
The Tale of Tiffany Lust
Movie • 1981
Guest #19
Ultra Flesh
Movie • 1980
Third Female Sex Performer
Baby Rosemary
Movie • 1976
Tracy
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
Movie • 1999
Self
Sissy's Hot Summer
Movie • 1979
The Hostess
Inside Her Sex
Movie • 2014
Herself
Sex Appeal
Movie • 1986
Hooker
Pro-Ball Cheerleaders
Movie • 1979
Tamara
Kinky Tricks
Movie • 1977
Candy
Sunny
Movie • 1979
Sunny / Prostitute
Thoroughly Amorous Amy
Movie • 1978
Ellen
Three Daughters
Movie • 1986
Waitress
That Lucky Stiff
Movie • 1980
Massage Parlour Girl
The Liberation of Honeydoll Jones
Movie • 1977
Bobby's Sister
Honey Pie
Movie • 1976
Dance Student
Delicious
Movie • 1981
Lady Caroline Dubier
Love Secrets
Movie • 1976
Alan's Secretary
Olympic Fever
Movie • 1981
Olympic Swimmer
The Pony Girls
Movie • 1976
Ex-Nurse
The Analyst
Movie • 1975
Anita Gartley
Sexcapades
Movie • 1983
Makeup
Morgana
Movie • 2019
Herself
The Tiffany Minx
Movie • 1981
Girl with Kitty
Candida Royalle Collection
Movie • 2005
(archive footage)
Hot Rackets
Movie • 1979
Liz Adler
Hard Soap, Hard Soap
Movie • 1977
Linda Lou
Candice
Movie • 2019
Herself
Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me
Movie • 1983
Third Female Sex Performer (archive footage)
Sizzle
Movie • 1980
Gwen
Sweet Sister
Movie • 1978
(as Cyntnia Pleschette) (credit only)
Babes in Joyland
Movie • 1987
Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
Veronica's Diary
Movie • 1985
(archive footage)
The Playgirl
Movie • 1983
Annette Haven Collection
Movie • 2005
(archive footage)
The Golden Age of Porn: Candida Royalle
Movie • 2006
Showgirl Superstars 10 – Candida Royale’s Fantasies
Movie • 1982
The Royale Treatment
Movie • 1976