Candida Royalle

In 2019, Candice a documentary about Royalle's life and finding out what happened to her mother who left her as a child, was screened at various documentary film festivals.

A 5-track EP titled Candida Cosmica, a collaboration between Royalle and Patrick Cowley from the mid 70s, was released in October 2016 by Dark Entries Records.

In the 1980s, she was married to producer Per Sjostedt. In May 2006, Royalle announced that she was engaged to be married. She died in Mattituck, New York on September 7, 2015, aged 64, from ovarian cancer.

In 2004, she authored the book How to Tell a Naked Man What to Do.

In 1984, Royalle founded Femme Productions, with the goal of making erotica based on female desire, as well as pornographic films aimed at helping couple therapy. Her productions are aimed more to women and couples than to the standard pornographic audience of men, and have been praised by counselors and therapists for depicting healthy and realistic sexual activity.

After graduating from Parsons School of Design, she began performing with the avant-garde theater group The Cockettes and in 1975 played Divine's daughter in the play The Heartbreak of Psoriasis.

In 1975 she began her career in porn as a performer appearing in about 25 movies before retiring in 1980 with Blue Magic, which she also wrote.

Candida Royalle (October 15, 1950 – September 7, 2015) was an American producer and director of couples-oriented pornography, a sex educator, sex-positive feminist, and pornographic actress. She was a member of the XRCO and the AVN Halls of Fame.

Royalle was born on October 15, 1950, in New York City as Candice Marion Vadala. Initially trained in music, dance, and art in New York City, with studies at the High School of Art and Design, Parsons School of Design and the City University of New York.