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Candice Azzara
ActorBorn May 18, 1945 (79 years)
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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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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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Filmography
| 2023 | Remembering Gene Wilder · as Anne Callansdro |
| 2018 | Alex, Inc. (TV Series) · as Auntie Louise |
| 2017 | |
| 2015 | The Flight Before Christmas · as Debbie |
| 2015 | Little Boy · as Bertha |
| 2011 | The Christmas Pageant · as Ethel Clark |
| 2010 | Shake It Up (TV Series) · as Funeral Attendee |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) · as Mrs. Gold |
| 2009 | The Storm (TV Series) · as Rose |
| 2007 | Final Approach · as Elizabeth Foxhaven |
| 2006 | Tyler Perry's House of Payne (TV Series) · as Bianca |
| 2005 | In Her Shoes · as Sydelle Feller |
| 2005 | Medium (TV Series) · as Elderly Woman |
| 2004 | Ocean's Twelve · as Saul Bloom's Girlfriend |
| 2004 | One Last Ride · as Gina's Mother |
| 2003 | Joan of Arcadia (TV Series) · as Housewife God |
| 2002 | Catch Me If You Can · as Darcy |
| 2000 | That's Life (TV Series) · as Marilyn |
| 2000 | Strong Medicine (TV Series) · as Lorraine Mills |
| 1999 | The Hungry Bachelors Club · as Hannibal Youngblood |
| 1999 | Passions (TV Series) · as Female Retiree #2 |
| 1998 | Land of the Free · as Waitress (as Candy Azzara) |
| 1998 | Those Were the Days · as Gloria |
| 1998 | Maggie (TV Series) · as Woman |
| 1996 | Pearl (TV Series) · as Beverly Steinberg |
| 1995 | Unstrung Heroes · as Joanie |
| 1995 | Caroline in the City (TV Series) · as Angie Spadaro |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Mrs. Roth |
| 1994 | McKenna (TV Series) · as Jewish Wife |
| 1991 | Top of the Heap (TV Series) · as Mrs. Mullins |
| 1990 | Babes (TV Series) · as Dr. Ramirez |
| 1989 | Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV Series) |
| 1988 | Dance 'Til Dawn · as Florist |
| 1988 | Doin' Time on Planet Earth · as Edna Pinsly |
| 1988 | The Wonder Years (TV Series) · as Mrs. Ermin |
| 1987 | Married... with Children (TV Series) · as Madame Inga |
| 1987 | Roomies (TV Series) |
| 1987 | Ohara (TV Series) · as Ohara's Friend |
| 1986 | Downtown (1986) (TV Series) · as Mary Rose |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Sweetheart |
| 1985 | New Love, American Style (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone (1985) (TV Series) |
| 1985 | George Burns Comedy Week (TV Series) · as Katherine Detweiler |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Marilee Coleson |
| 1984 | Who's the Boss? (TV Series) · as Fran Thomopolous |
| 1984 | E/R (1984) (TV Series) · as Laura |
| 1984 | Night Court (TV Series) · as Lorna Huebner |
| 1983 | Easy Money · as Rose Capuletti (as Candy Azzara) |
| 1982 | Remington Steele (TV Series) · as Jackie |
| 1982 | Pandemonium · as Bambi |
| 1982 | Divorce Wars: A Love Story · as Sylvia Bemous |
| 1982 | Million Dollar Infield · as Rochelle Levitas |
| 1981 | The Two of Us (TV Series) · as Shirley Havelmeyer |
| 1980 | Fatso · as Lydia |
| 1980 | Tenspeed and Brown Shoe (TV Series) |
| 1979 | House Calls (TV Series) |
| 1979 | Trapper John, M.D. (TV Series) |
| 1978 | Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series) |
| 1978 | House Calls · as Ellen Grady |
| 1977 | The World's Greatest Lover · as Anne Calassandro |
| 1977 | CHiPs (TV Series) · as Cheri (as Candy Azzara) |
| 1977 | Soap (TV Series) · as Millie |
| 1977 | The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Carmen Rosselli |
| 1977 | The Love Boat II · as Amy Mitchell |
| 1976 | The Practice (TV Series) · as Naomi |
| 1975 | One Day at a Time (TV Series) · as Jackie Cahill |
| 1975 | Hearts of the West · as Waitress |
| 1975 | Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Miss Lamota |
| 1975 | Baretta (TV Series) |
| 1974 | Rhoda (TV Series) |
| 1973 | Kojak (TV Series) · as Agnes |
| 1973 | Calucci's Department (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Hail · as The People |
| 1972 | The ABC Afternoon Playbreak (TV Series) · as Rosalie |
| 1971 | Made for Each Other · as Sheila |
| 1971 | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? · as Sally (as Candy Azzara) |
| 1971 | They Might Be Giants · as Teenage Girl (uncredited) |
| 1967 | N.Y.P.D. (TV Series) · as First Wife |
| 1963 | General Hospital (TV Series) · as Female Neighbor |