Candice Azzara
Acting • Born 1945-05-18
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Candice "Candy" Azzara (born May 18, 1945) is an American character actress frequently cast in Italian or Jewish roles. Azzara was born in Brooklyn, the daughter of Josephine (née Bravo) and Samuel Azzara. She was inspired to pursue acting by the film La Strada and theatre legend Eleanora Duse. She studied with Lee Strasberg and Gene Frankel and soon began appearing off-Broadway and in regional theatres. Billed as Candy Azzara, she made her Broadway debut in Lovers and Other Strangers in 1968. Additional stage credits include Jake's Women, Cactus Flower, Any Wednesday, Barefoot in the Park, and The Moon Is Blue. Azzara was cast as Gloria in the second pilot of All in the Family when it was entitled Those Were the Days and the family name was Justice instead of Bunker.[2] She was a regular on the sitcom Calucci's Department and had recurring roles on Caroline in the City, Who's the Boss, Soap, and Rhoda. She has guested on numerous series, including Diff'rent Strokes, The Practice, Married With Children, Kojak, Barney Miller (as a manicurist, in Season 2 Episode 3), Trapper John, M.D., L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, ER, Married with Children (1992) and Joan of Arcadia. On screen Azzara has appeared in In Her Shoes, Ocean's Twelve, Catch Me If You Can, Easy Money, House Calls, Unstrung Heroes, Pandemonium, Fatso, and Made for Each Other. Azzara is the aunt of actress Lana Parrilla. Description above from the Wikipedia article Candice Azzara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
57 credits
Catch Me If You Can
Movie • 2002
Darcy
In Her Shoes
Movie • 2005
Sydelle Feller
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
Movie • 1978
Sheila
House Calls
Movie • 1978
Ellen Grady
Easy Money
Movie • 1983
Rose Capuletti (as Candy Azzara)
Pandemonium
Movie • 1982
Bambi
They Might Be Giants
Movie • 1971
Teenage Girl (uncredited)
The Million Dollar Infield
Movie • 1982
Rochelle Levitas
The World's Greatest Lover
Movie • 1977
Anne Calassandro
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Movie • 1982
Sylvia Bemous
Land of the Free
Movie • 1998
Waitress (as Candy Azzara)
Hail
Movie • 1973
The People
Final Approach
Movie • 2008
Elizabeth Foxhaven
Little Boy
Movie • 2015
Bertha
The Flight Before Christmas
Movie • 2015
Debbie
Hearts of the West
Movie • 1975
Waitress
Fatso
Movie • 1980
Lydia
The Hungry Bachelors Club
Movie • 1999
Hannibal Youngblood
The Christmas Pageant
Movie • 2011
Ethel Clark
Made For Each Other
Movie • 1971
Sheila
Unstrung Heroes
Movie • 1995
Joanie
In Vino
Movie • 2019
Aunt Clara
Ocean's Twelve
Movie • 2004
Saul Bloom's Girlfriend
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Movie • 1971
Sally (as Candy Azzara)
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Movie • 1988
Edna Pinsly
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Aurora
Night Court
TV • 1984
Lorna Huebner
CHiPs
TV • 1977
Cheri (as Candy Azzara)
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
TV • 1980
Rhoda
TV • 1974
Trapper John, M.D.
TV • 1979
Joan of Arcadia
TV • 2003
Housewife God
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV • 1989
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1985
(segment "The Library")
Diff'rent Strokes
TV • 1978
Baretta
TV • 1975
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Miss Lamota
The Wonder Years
TV • 1988
Mrs. Ermin
Strong Medicine
TV • 2000
Lorraine Mills
Medium
TV • 2005
Elderly Woman
E/R
TV • 1984
Laura
House Calls
TV • 1979
Fay
TV • 1975
Mama Malone
TV • 1984
Calucci's Department
TV • 1973
Roomies
TV • 1987
The Montefuscos
TV • 1975
ER
TV • 1994
Mrs. Roth
Married... with Children
TV • 1987
Madame Inga
Kojak
TV • 1973
Milly Blasky
The Storm
TV • 2009
Rose
Kojak
TV • 1973
Agnes
Rizzoli & Isles
TV • 2010
Mrs. Gold
Barney Miller
TV • 1975
Audrey McManus
Alex, Inc.
TV • 2018
Auntie Louise
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Marilee Coleson
Caroline in the City
TV • 1995
Angie Spadaro