Person Details

Birthday: 1945-05-18 23:33:52

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Homepage: http://www.candice-azzara.info/

Movie Involvements: 8

TV Involvements: 7


Most Famous Work

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Candice Azzara, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

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8

Medium

(2005) Elderly Woman
ER
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8

ER

(1994) Mrs. Roth
CHiPs
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7

CHiPs

(1977) Cheri (as Candy Azzara)
Kojak
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7

Kojak

(1973) Milly Blasky
Catch Me If You Can
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8

Catch Me If You Can

(2002) Darcy
Ocean's Twelve
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7

Ocean's Twelve

(2004) Saul Bloom's Girlfriend
L.A. Law
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7

L.A. Law

(1986) Sweetheart
The Storm
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6

The Storm

(2009) Rose

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2019 Aunt Clara
2018 Auntie Louise
2015 Debbie
Bertha
2011 Ethel Clark
2009 Rose
2008 Elizabeth Foxhaven
2005 Sydelle Feller
Elderly Woman
2004 Saul Bloom's Girlfriend
2003 N/A
2002 Darcy
2000 N/A
1999 Hannibal Youngblood
1998 Waitress (as Candy Azzara)
1995 Joanie
1994 Mrs. Roth
1989 N/A
1988 Edna Pinsly
Mrs. Ermin
1987 N/A
1986 Sweetheart
1985 N/A
1984 Laura
N/A
Lorna Huebner
1983 Rose Capuletti (as Candy Azzara)
1982 Bambi
Sylvia Bemous
Rochelle Levitas
1980 Lydia
N/A
1979 N/A
N/A
1978 N/A
Ellen Grady
Sheila
1977 Anne Calassandro
Cheri (as Candy Azzara)
1975 N/A
N/A
Miss Lamota
Audrey McManus
N/A
1974 N/A
1973 Agnes
Milly Blasky
N/A
The People
1971 Sheila
Sally (as Candy Azzara)
Teenage Girl (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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