Candida Royalle

Acting

Candida Royalle

Born 1950-10-15 · 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.

Acting credits

10 poster
5.8

A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed.

10

1979

I, the Jury poster
5.7

Jack Williams was the best friend of Vietnam veteran and detective Mike Hammer. When Jack is murdered, Mike makes it his business to solve the crime. He is helped by his secretary Velda, and partly helped, partly hindered by the Chief of Police, Pat Chambers. On the trail of the killer, Mike discovers government conspiracies, and plots used by the CIA and the Mafia.

I, the Jury

1982

Morgana poster
7.0

A lonely house-wife’s plan to end it all takes an unexpected turn when her last hurrah begins a radical journey of sexual exploration and personal re-invention.

Morgana

2019

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism poster
4.8

Mutantes sheds light on a feminism that was little talked about in France. This documentary comprises of a series of interviews conducted in the USA, Paris and Barcelona, and documents from the archives about the political action of sex workers, queer activists and post-pornographic performances.

Mutantes: Punk Porn Feminism

2009

Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes poster
6.1

Friends, enemies, acquaintances, and family of porn star John Holmes recall their experiences with him, from his childhood to his eventual death from AIDS in 1988.

Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes

1999

Sex Appeal poster
3.6

This is the story of young Tony Cannelloni as he attempts to break away from his overbearing mom and strike out on his own. He sets himself up with a new apartment, look, and lifestyle to improve his "sex appeal". Through a series of encounters with a variety of women he gets ever closer to achieving his goal. However, a never-ending series of calamities always seem to interrupt his progress.

Sex Appeal

1986

How to Make Love to My Wife poster
NR

A comedy that follows the sexual misadventures of Greg Lawrence, a forty-something dud in the sack. The show features Greg and his real life wife Kathy Lawrence as they try to bring the spark back into the bedroom. The laughs are mixed with good advice, sweetness and charm.

How to Make Love to My Wife

2008

This Is America Part 2 poster
5.2

The sequel to This is America, aka Jabberwalk. This film goes inside the real America circa 1980 - a world of punks, orgies and worm-eating hicks! Romano Vanderbes back on the film making side and Norman Rose back on narrating duty for the second of the This Is America trilogy. Things kick off slightly louder this time with a performance by The Dictators doing a version of America the Beautiful while the titles role, then right into piece about punk star Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedy's running for mayor of San Francisco. Then back into a more This Is America feeling segment about a crazy fat bloke called Captain Sticky. Among some of the other more interesting segments we get a look at underground vagrants, a piranha attack, martial arts nuns, a family of worm eaters, a drug abusing church and ends with a death row electrocution.

This Is America Part 2

1980

Candice poster
4.4

Candice Vadala aka Candida Royalle is known to many as the “godmother of feminist porn.” In Candice, director Sheona McDonald crafts a layered portrait of the woman behind the icon. The film captures Vadala in her sixties when, confronted with a Cancer diagnosis, she is eager to tell her story and to confront questions that have haunted her since childhood. Candice is a tribute to a resilient woman whose impact on sex positivity and women’s sexual autonomy echoes far beyond the adult film industry.

Candice

2019

The Naked Feminist poster
5.0

THE NAKED FEMINIST challenges the myths surrounding women in the porn industry while exploring preconceived notions of control, pleasure and exploitation. Through candid behind the scenes interviews with pornstars, academics and feminists this informative and straight-talking documentary strips away the ideological straitjacket surrounding the decades-old porn versus feminist debate by demonstrating that strong, inspirational women are found in all walks of life - including pornography.

The Naked Feminist

2004

No artwork available
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Porn... It's a Living

1998

Inside Her Sex poster
5.9

Inside Her Sex is a thought-provoking, feature-length documentary that explores female sexuality and shame through the eyes and experiences of three women from different walks of life, each brave enough to chart her own course of sexual discovery: Elle Chase, a popular sex blogger; Candida Royalle, the creator of Femme Productions Inc., a feminist adult film company designed to speak with a woman's voice; and Samantha Allen, the ex-devout Mormon and current gender, sex, and tech writer for The Daily Beast.

Inside Her Sex

2014

Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality poster
7.3

This feature-length documentary explores a wide range of lesbian, bisexual, and heterosexual women’s erotic fantasies and sexual practices. It reveals the conflicts and complexities of female sexuality as well as the joys and triumphs of self-discovery and personal empowerment.

Erotica: A Journey Into Female Sexuality

1997

The Real Linda Lovelace poster
3.5

Takes a look at the rise and fall of Linda Lovelace, the first major porn star.

The Real Linda Lovelace

2001

The Ultimate Pleasure poster
4.7

A cab driver who is having marital problems with his beautiful but frigid wife finds a suitcase full of money left in his cab by a passenger, and realizes that he now has the means to fulfill all of his and his wife's sexual fantasies.

The Ultimate Pleasure

1977

Taxi Girls poster
6.6

A sexy hooker comes up with a plan to operate her own taxi service for her fellow streetwalkers as a safe way to make easy money, with their male customers.

Taxi Girls

1979

One Size Fits All poster
9.0

Our tale begins in a vintage clothing shop where a strangely seductive dress shows up for sale and leads us on a journey of sizzling sexual intrigue.

One Size Fits All

1998

Stud Hunters poster
7.0

Erotic film director Carla Divine and her star, Giselle Lorngette, head East to hunt for the perfect new stud for their next movie. Dozens of guys show up to auditions in New York, but things don´t go so smoothly as Carla would hope: as she finds herself spending more time keeping her wannabe studs off the casting couch than on set! Things spin hilariously out of control, but in the end, the director always gets her way! This satirical look at the adult entertainment business spoofs every aspect of XXX - from the backstage shenanigans to the egos, fans, and paparazzi ... even director Candida Royalle herself!

Stud Hunters

2003

Outlaw Ladies poster
7.0

Henri Pachard like Louis Malle is a gifted, prolific, visionary film-maker, Pachard's films idolize women, and skillfully educate the most sophisticated viewer of eroticism (both male and female) with exquisite, and mesmerizing "true to life" encounters.

Outlaw Ladies

1981

The Starlets poster
9.0

An inside look at the most exclusive sex club in Hollywood, and the beautiful actresses who will do anything to screw their way to the top.

The Starlets

1976

Legends of Porn poster
6.0

Adult film historian Jim Holliday narrates this collection of clips from films from porn's "golden ages" featuring dozens of stars.

Legends of Porn

1987

I Made Daddy Do It poster
NR

There’s just something about older guys and young girls. These little, young deviants have a thing for their step-father, while mother is away the girls come out and play…

I Made Daddy Do It

1985

Urban Heat poster
6.3

The second film from Candida Royalle's Femme Productions which released erotic videos for women. The movie follows several couples dancing at a night club as they go home and make love in private.

Urban Heat

1984

Sensual Escape poster
5.7

Media superstar Gloria Leonard takes us on a touchingly funny walk through the minds of two people who have been dating and are about to take the leap into bed. After that, a young artist’s recurring erotic dream leads her to an encounter with a mysterious man who helps her discover her long hidden and explosive passion.

Sensual Escape

1988

Behind the camera

Candida Royalle's Under the Covers poster
8.5

A humorous look at women who live and work in the sex industry. Regina West is a TV personality who is doing a special about women who have changed how we view sex. Through a series of mishaps, we discover that what these women present to the public isn't always what they are in private.

Candida Royalle's Under the Covers

2007

Urban Heat poster
6.3

The second film from Candida Royalle's Femme Productions which released erotic videos for women. The movie follows several couples dancing at a night club as they go home and make love in private.

Urban Heat

1984

Urban Heat poster
6.3

The second film from Candida Royalle's Femme Productions which released erotic videos for women. The movie follows several couples dancing at a night club as they go home and make love in private.

Urban Heat

1984

Sensual Escape poster
5.7

Media superstar Gloria Leonard takes us on a touchingly funny walk through the minds of two people who have been dating and are about to take the leap into bed. After that, a young artist’s recurring erotic dream leads her to an encounter with a mysterious man who helps her discover her long hidden and explosive passion.

Sensual Escape

1988

Sensual Escape poster
5.7

Media superstar Gloria Leonard takes us on a touchingly funny walk through the minds of two people who have been dating and are about to take the leap into bed. After that, a young artist’s recurring erotic dream leads her to an encounter with a mysterious man who helps her discover her long hidden and explosive passion.

Sensual Escape

1988

Sensual Escape poster
5.7

Media superstar Gloria Leonard takes us on a touchingly funny walk through the minds of two people who have been dating and are about to take the leap into bed. After that, a young artist’s recurring erotic dream leads her to an encounter with a mysterious man who helps her discover her long hidden and explosive passion.

Sensual Escape

1988

Eyes of Desire poster
6.6

A photographer decides to take some time off for herself and stays at a friend's house. She discovers that the house is equipped with a high-powered telescope. She also discovers two other things: there is a voyeuristic side to herself that she didn't know about, and that not only is she watching other people's activities, but that someone is watching hers.

Eyes of Desire

1998

Eyes of Desire poster
6.6

A photographer decides to take some time off for herself and stays at a friend's house. She discovers that the house is equipped with a high-powered telescope. She also discovers two other things: there is a voyeuristic side to herself that she didn't know about, and that not only is she watching other people's activities, but that someone is watching hers.

Eyes of Desire

1998

Eyes of Desire 2 poster
10.0

In Candida Royalle's groundbreaking feminist film, Eyes of Desire, Lisa discovers the thrill of voyeurism during her search for a more meaningful life. After being entranced by the mysterious man she spies on, this sequel to the best selling film follows their ensuing affair. Lisa's world has become consumed by the dark and sensuous Daniel Parish, as he takes her to heights of sexual pleasure that she never thought possible. But as she begins to approach her own erotic limits, Lisa is forced to make a painful choice when answering the question: is it possible to surrender to intense passion without losing yourself to another?

Eyes of Desire 2

1999

Eyes of Desire 2 poster
10.0

In Candida Royalle's groundbreaking feminist film, Eyes of Desire, Lisa discovers the thrill of voyeurism during her search for a more meaningful life. After being entranced by the mysterious man she spies on, this sequel to the best selling film follows their ensuing affair. Lisa's world has become consumed by the dark and sensuous Daniel Parish, as he takes her to heights of sexual pleasure that she never thought possible. But as she begins to approach her own erotic limits, Lisa is forced to make a painful choice when answering the question: is it possible to surrender to intense passion without losing yourself to another?

Eyes of Desire 2

1999

One Size Fits All poster
9.0

Our tale begins in a vintage clothing shop where a strangely seductive dress shows up for sale and leads us on a journey of sizzling sexual intrigue.

One Size Fits All

1998

One Size Fits All poster
9.0

Our tale begins in a vintage clothing shop where a strangely seductive dress shows up for sale and leads us on a journey of sizzling sexual intrigue.

One Size Fits All

1998

Stud Hunters poster
7.0

Erotic film director Carla Divine and her star, Giselle Lorngette, head East to hunt for the perfect new stud for their next movie. Dozens of guys show up to auditions in New York, but things don´t go so smoothly as Carla would hope: as she finds herself spending more time keeping her wannabe studs off the casting couch than on set! Things spin hilariously out of control, but in the end, the director always gets her way! This satirical look at the adult entertainment business spoofs every aspect of XXX - from the backstage shenanigans to the egos, fans, and paparazzi ... even director Candida Royalle herself!

Stud Hunters

2003

Stud Hunters poster
7.0

Erotic film director Carla Divine and her star, Giselle Lorngette, head East to hunt for the perfect new stud for their next movie. Dozens of guys show up to auditions in New York, but things don´t go so smoothly as Carla would hope: as she finds herself spending more time keeping her wannabe studs off the casting couch than on set! Things spin hilariously out of control, but in the end, the director always gets her way! This satirical look at the adult entertainment business spoofs every aspect of XXX - from the backstage shenanigans to the egos, fans, and paparazzi ... even director Candida Royalle herself!

Stud Hunters

2003

Candida Royalle's Under the Covers poster
8.5

A humorous look at women who live and work in the sex industry. Regina West is a TV personality who is doing a special about women who have changed how we view sex. Through a series of mishaps, we discover that what these women present to the public isn't always what they are in private.

Candida Royalle's Under the Covers

2007

Blue Magic poster
10.0

Candida Royalle is a woman with a past a long, long past. Rumor has it she's lived for a few hundred years. The question is how she's managed to remain such a luscious piece of woman flesh after three centuries. That question gets answered when she invites three couples over to her ritzy mansion for a dinner party. Things quickly slide from cordial dinner conversation to kinky wife swapping and group groping. The secret to eternal youth, it turns out, is sex, sex and more sex.

Blue Magic

1981

Three Daughters poster
6.5

The story, as the title suggests is about the loves of three young women, the youngest of whom has yet to learn the joy of lovemaking.

Three Daughters

1986

Three Daughters poster
6.5

The story, as the title suggests is about the loves of three young women, the youngest of whom has yet to learn the joy of lovemaking.

Three Daughters

1986

Candida Royalle's The Gift poster
7.0

When Liz returns to sell her grandmother's home, little does she know that she will leave with the most precious gift one could ever receive. A gift of sensual love and unleashed passion from the other side of life, one that will heal Liz's troubled relationship with Todd and that of every other couple that encounters it.

Candida Royalle's The Gift

1997

Christine's Secret poster
5.2

Christine goes to her friend's rustic inn hoping to find sexual fulfillment amidst the idyllic setting and the other guests.

Christine's Secret

1986