Candida Royalle
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Royalle at the 2013 CineKink awards
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| Born |
Candice Marion Vadala October 15, 1950 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 7, 2015 (aged 64) Mattituck, New York, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Ovarian cancer |
| Other names | Candace Chambers, Candice Ball, Candice Chambers, Candida Royalle |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Website | www |
| No. of adult films | 74 films and 17 as director |
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, Parson's School of Design and the City University of New York.
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.
She wrote regular columns for adult magazines High Society and Cheri.
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.
Royalle stated that she tried to avoid "misogynous predictability", and depiction of sex in "...as grotesque and graphic [a way] as possible." She also criticized the male-centredness of the typical pornographic film, in which scenes end when the male actor ejaculates. Royalle’s films are not “goal oriented” towards a final "cum shot"; instead, her films depict sexual activity within the broader context of women's emotional and social lives. In 1989, she signed the Post Porn Modernist Manifesto.
She was also a public speaker, giving lectures at Smithsonian Institution, the World Congress on Sexology and numerous universities and professional conferences.
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