Candida Royalle
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 (77 titles)
MovieRetro Girls Next Door
(archive footage) · 2023
7.0MovieMorgana
Herself · 2019
4.4MovieCandice
Herself · 2019
5.9MovieInside Her Sex
Herself · 2014
8.0MovieLeslie Bovee Blue Ecstacy Triple Feature
(archive footage) · 2014
4.8MovieMutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
Self - Interviewee · 2009
MovieHow to Make Love to My Wife
Self · 2008
MovieThe Golden Age of Porn: Candida Royalle
2006
MovieCandida Royalle Collection
(archive footage) · 2005
2.0MovieAnnette Haven Collection
(archive footage) · 2005
5.0MovieThe Naked Feminist
Self · 2004
7.0MovieStud Hunters
Protester #1 · 2003
7.8MovieSeka's Oriental Massage
(archive footage) · 2003
3.5MovieThe Real Linda Lovelace
Self · 2001
5.9MovieWadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
Self · 1999
9.0MovieOne Size Fits All
dress seller · 1998
Porn... It's a Living
Self · 1998
7.3MovieErotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
Self · 1997
Blue Vanities 257
(archive footage) · 1995
6.0ShowThe Word
1990
6.5MovieForbidden Worlds
Third Female (archive footage) · 1988
5.7MovieSensual Escape
Person in Restaurant · 1988
6.0MovieLegends of Porn
(archive footage) · 1987
Babes in Joyland
Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1987
6.5MovieThree Daughters
Waitress · 1986
3.6MovieSex Appeal
Hooker · 1986
MovieI Made Daddy Do It
(archive footage) · 1985
7.0MovieVeronica's Diary
(archive footage) · 1985
6.3MovieUrban Heat
Dancer · 1984
MovieStudio of Lust
1984