In Loving Memory of Candida Royalle

Born October 15, 1950 - Passed Away September 7, 2015

This memorial website was created in the memory of Candida Royalle , born in New York City, NY on October 15, 1950 and passed away on September 7, 2015 at 65 years of age.

Candida Royalle 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. 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 the 1980s, Royalle was married to producer Per Sjöstedt; they separated in 1988. She died in Mattituck, New York on September 7, 2015, aged 64, from ovarian cancer.