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.
Movies
Retro Girls Next Door
(archive footage)
Leslie Bovee Blue Ecstacy Triple Feature
(archive footage)
The Golden Age of Porn: Candida Royalle
Candida Royalle Collection
(archive footage)
Annette Haven Collection
(archive footage)
Stud Hunters
Protester #1
Seka's Oriental Massage
(archive footage)
One Size Fits All
dress seller
Blue Vanities 257
(archive footage)
Forbidden Worlds
Third Female (archive footage)
Sensual Escape
Person in Restaurant
Legends of Porn
(archive footage)
Babes in Joyland
Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)
Three Daughters
Waitress
Sex Appeal
Hooker
I Made Daddy Do It
(archive footage)
Veronica's Diary
(archive footage)
Urban Heat
Dancer
Studio of Lust
Night Hunger
The Starlet
Sexcapades
Makeup
The Playgirl
Wine Me, Dine Me, 69 Me
Third Female Sex Performer (archive footage)
I, the Jury
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
Showgirl Superstars 10 – Candida Royale’s Fantasies
Olympic Fever
Olympic Swimmer
The Tiffany Minx
Girl with Kitty
The Tale of Tiffany Lust
Guest #19 (as Jeanne Toller)
Delicious
Lady Caroline Dubier
Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story
Juanita (archive footage)
Blue Magic
Natalie Woodhurst
Outlaw Ladies
Zelda
Fascination
Victoria Gordon
That Lucky Stiff
Massage Parlour Girl
This Is America Part 2
Plato's Retreat Swinger
October Silk
Renée
Ultra Flesh
Third Female Sex Performer
Ballgame
Lolita Wanamaker
Blue Ecstasy
Melissa
Champagne for Breakfast
Lesbian
Sizzle
Gwen
Taxi Girls
Last Hooker into Cell
10
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sunny
Sunny / Prostitute
Hot Rackets
Liz Adler
Sissy's Hot Summer
The Hostess
Pro-Ball Cheerleaders
Tamara
Thoroughly Amorous Amy
Ellen
Jungle Blue
Orgy Girl
Carnal Haven
Debbie
Hot & Saucy Pizza Girls
Gino
Sweet Sister
(as Cyntnia Pleschette) (credit only)
Kinky Tricks
Candy
Hard Soap, Hard Soap
Linda Lou
The Ultimate Pleasure
Hooker with Jim
International Intrigue
Candy
The Liberation of Honeydoll Jones
Bobby's Sister
Easy Alice
Girl in Laundromat
The Starlets
Mary Ann
Baby Rosemary
Tracy
Femmes de Sade
Girl at Party
Honey Pie
Dance Student
Love Secrets
Alan's Secretary
The Pony Girls
Ex-Nurse
The Analyst
Anita Gartley