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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 18, 1945
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Also Known As
- Candy Azarra
Candice Azzara
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.9
Aunt Clara
In Vino
2019
6.4
Auntie Louise
Alex, Inc.
2018
5.3
Debbie
The Flight Before Christmas
2015
7.2
Bertha
Little Boy
2015
5.9
Ethel Clark
The Christmas Pageant
2011
7.9
Mrs. Gold
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
6.4
Rose
The Storm
2009
5.0
Elizabeth Foxhaven
Final Approach
2008
6.2
Sydelle Feller
In Her Shoes
2005
7.5
Elderly Woman
Medium
2005
Credits
In Vino
as Aunt Clara
2019
5.9
Alex, Inc.
as Auntie Louise
2018
6.4
The Flight Before Christmas
as Debbie
2015
5.3
Little Boy
as Bertha
2015
7.2
The Christmas Pageant
as Ethel Clark
2011
5.9
Rizzoli & Isles
as Mrs. Gold
2010
7.9
The Storm
as Rose
2009
6.4
Final Approach
as Elizabeth Foxhaven
2008
5.0
In Her Shoes
as Sydelle Feller
2005
6.2
Medium
as Elderly Woman
2005
7.5
Ocean's Twelve
as Saul Bloom's Girlfriend
2004
6.6
Joan of Arcadia
as Housewife God
2003
7.2
Catch Me If You Can
as Darcy
2002
8.0
Strong Medicine
as Lorraine Mills
2000
7.1
The Hungry Bachelors Club
as Hannibal Youngblood
1999
0.0
Terra da Liberdade
as Waitress (as Candy Azzara)
1998
5.3
Caroline in the City
as Angie Spadaro
1995
6.4
Unstrung Heroes
as Joanie
1995
5.9
ER
as Mrs. Roth
1994
7.8
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1989
6.6
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
as Edna Pinsly
1988
3.5
The Wonder Years
as Mrs. Ermin
1988
8.3
Married... with Children
as Madame Inga
1987
7.7
Roomies
1987
5.0
L.A. Law
as Sweetheart
1986
7.1
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "The Library")
1985
7.8
Murder, She Wrote
as Marilee Coleson
1984
7.5
E/R
as Laura
1984
5.2
Mama Malone
1984
0.0
Night Court
as Lorna Huebner
1984
7.4
Easy Money
as Rose Capuletti (as Candy Azzara)
1983
6.0
Pandemonium
as Bambi
1982
4.4
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
as Sylvia Bemous
1982
7.0
The Million Dollar Infield
as Rochelle Levitas
1982
0.0
Fatso
as Lydia
1980
5.7
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
1980
6.8
House Calls
1979
5.0
Trapper John, M.D.
1979
6.5
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
7.0
House Calls
as Ellen Grady
1978
6.6
🎬
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
as Sheila
1978
0.0
The World's Greatest Lover
as Anne Calassandro
1977
5.6
CHiPs
as Cheri (as Candy Azzara)
1977
6.8
Hearts of the West
as Waitress
1975
5.4
🎬
The Montefuscos
1975
5.0
🎬
Fay
1975
5.0
Barney Miller
as Miss Lamota
1975
7.3
Barney Miller
as Audrey McManus
1975
7.3
Baretta
1975
6.3
Rhoda
1974
6.3
Kojak
as Milly Blasky
1973
7.0
Kojak
as Agnes
1973
7.0
🎬
Calucci's Department
1973
5.0
Hail
as The People
1973
6.4
Made For Each Other
as Sheila
1971
5.0
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
as Sally (as Candy Azzara)
1971
4.6
They Might Be Giants
as Teenage Girl (uncredited)
1971
7.0