Candice Azzara
26 movies · 31 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 18, 1945 (age 81)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
- Also known as
- Candy Azarra
Biography
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Candice "Candy" Azzara (born May 18, 1945) is an American character actress frequently cast in Italian or Jewish roles.
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Azzara was born in Brooklyn, the daughter of Josephine (née Bravo) and Samuel Azzara. She was inspired to pursue acting by the film La Strada and theatre legend Eleanora Duse. She studied with Lee Strasberg and Gene Frankel and soon began appearing off-Broadway and in regional theatres.
Billed as Candy Azzara, she made her Broadway debut in Lovers and Other Strangers in 1968. Additional stage credits include Jake's Women, Cactus Flower, Any Wednesday, Barefoot in the Park, and The Moon Is Blue.
Azzara was cast as Gloria in the second pilot of All in the Family when it was entitled Those Were the Days and the family name was Justice instead of Bunker.[2] She was a regular on the sitcom Calucci's Department and had recurring roles on Caroline in the City, Who's the Boss, Soap, and Rhoda. She has guested on numerous series, including Diff'rent Strokes, The Practice, Married With Children, Kojak, Barney Miller (as a manicurist, in Season 2 Episode 3), Trapper John, M.D., L.A. Law, Murder, She Wrote, ER, Married with Children (1992) and Joan of Arcadia.
On screen Azzara has appeared in In Her Shoes, Ocean's Twelve, Catch Me If You Can, Easy Money, House Calls, Unstrung Heroes, Pandemonium, Fatso, and Made for Each Other.
Azzara is the aunt of actress Lana Parrilla.
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Candice Azzara: movies and TV shows
Acting (57)
- 2019 In Vino
as Aunt Clara
- 2018
- 2015 The Flight Before Christmas
as Debbie
- 2015 Little Boy
as Bertha
- 2011 The Christmas Pageant
as Ethel Clark
- 2010
- 2009
- 2008 Final Approach
as Elizabeth Foxhaven
- 2005 In Her Shoes
as Sydelle Feller
- 2005
- 2004 Ocean's Twelve
as Saul Bloom's Girlfriend
- 2003
- 2002 Catch Me If You Can
as Darcy
- 2000
- 1999 The Hungry Bachelors Club
as Hannibal Youngblood
- 1998 Land of the Free
as Waitress (as Candy Azzara)
- 1995
- 1995 Unstrung Heroes
as Joanie
- 1994
- 1989
- 1988 Dance 'Til Dawn
as Florist
- 1988 Doin' Time on Planet Earth
as Edna Pinsly
- 1988
- 1987
- 1987
- 1986
- 1985
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983 Easy Money
as Rose Capuletti (as Candy Azzara)
- 1982 Pandemonium
as Bambi
- 1982 Divorce Wars: A Love Story
as Sylvia Bemous
- 1982 The Million Dollar Infield
as Rochelle Levitas
- 1980 Fatso
as Lydia
- 1980
- 1979
- 1979
- 1978
- 1978 House Calls
as Ellen Grady
- 1978
- 1977 The World's Greatest Lover
as Anne Calassandro
- 1977
- 1977
- 1975 Hearts of the West
as Waitress
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1975
- 1974
- 1973
- 1973
- 1973 Hail
as The People
- 1971 Made For Each Other
as Sheila
- 1971
- 1971 They Might Be Giants
as Teenage Girl (uncredited)