Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA — Oct 15 1950• Died Sep 07 2015

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…
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Orgy Participant (uncredited)
Self

Self

Self

Herself

Self

Herself

Self - Interviewee

Plato's Retreat Swinger

Herself

Hooker

Production

Self

Herself

Girl at Party

Last Hooker into Cell

dress seller

Protester #1

Zelda

Mary Ann

(archive footage)

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Dancer

Person in Restaurant

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Melissa

Candy

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Hooker with Jim


Orgy Girl

Third Female (archive footage)

Debbie

Girl in Laundromat

Juanita (archive footage)

Gino

Renée

The Starlet

Lolita Wanamaker

Lesbian

Victoria Gordon

Natalie Woodhurst

Guest #19

Third Female Sex Performer

Tracy

The Hostess

Tamara

Candy

Sunny / Prostitute

Ellen

Waitress

Massage Parlour Girl

Bobby's Sister

Dance Student

Lady Caroline Dubier

Alan's Secretary

Olympic Swimmer

Ex-Nurse

Anita Gartley

Makeup

Girl with Kitty

(archive footage)

Liz Adler

Linda Lou

Third Female Sex Performer (archive footage)

Gwen

(as Cyntnia Pleschette) (credit only)
Prudish Store Clerk (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Editing

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