Candice Azzara
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1945-05-18 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Candice Azzara
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Candice "Candy" Azzara (born May 18, 1945) is an American character actress frequently cast in Italian or Jewish roles.
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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Acting
(2019)
In Vino
as Aunt Clara
(2015)
Little Boy
as Bertha
(2015)
The Flight Before Christmas
as Debbie
(2011)
The Christmas Pageant
as Ethel Clark
(2008)
Final Approach
as Elizabeth Foxhaven
(2005)
In Her Shoes
as Sydelle Feller
(2004)
Ocean's Twelve
as Saul Bloom's Girlfriend
(2002)
Catch Me If You Can
as Darcy
(1999)
The Hungry Bachelors Club
as Hannibal Youngblood
(1998)
Terra da Liberdade
as Waitress (as Candy Azzara)
(1995)
Unstrung Heroes
as Joanie
(1988)
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
as Edna Pinsly
(1983)
Easy Money
as Rose Capuletti (as Candy Azzara)
(1982)
Pandemonium
as Bambi
(1982)
The Million Dollar Infield
as Rochelle Levitas
(1982)
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
as Sylvia Bemous
(1980)
Fatso
as Lydia
(1978)
House Calls
as Ellen Grady
(1978)
(1977)
The World's Greatest Lover
as Anne Calassandro
(1975)
Hearts of the West
as Waitress
(1973)
Hail
as The People
(1971)
They Might Be Giants
as Teenage Girl (uncredited)
(1971)
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
as Sally (as Candy Azzara)
(1971)
Made For Each Other
as Sheila