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Candida Royalle

Oct 15, 1950 - Sep 07, 2015 (64 years old) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Party Guest (uncredited)
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I, the Jury
Orgy Participant (uncredited)
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Sex Appeal
Hooker
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Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes
Self
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Porn... It's a Living
Self
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Inside Her Sex
Herself
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Candice
Herself
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Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality
Self
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This Is America Part 2
Plato's Retreat Swinger
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Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism
Self - Interviewee

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