Director

Candida Royalle

Acting

Career Snapshot

Explained

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Directed credits

Emerging

Beginning to build directing work.

TMDB popularity

2.8

Moderate attention

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Directed movies: 3Directed series: 0All crew credits: 15

TMDB ID: 104538

IMDb ID: nm0747263

Known for: Acting

Born: October 15, 1950

Died: September 7, 2015

Age: 64

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: Yes

Career span: 1975 - 2023

Years active: 49

Average TMDB rating: 5.93

Wikidata: Q448393

Also known as

Bettina Mia • Candice Ball • Candice Chambers • Candice • Candace DeCarlo • Sharon Lucas • Mary Pearson • Candida Royal • Candida Royale • Candice Royalle • +4 more

Frequent jobs

Director (3)Editor (4)Executive Producer (4)Story (1)Theme Song Performance (1)Title Designer (1)Writer (1)

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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.