Candice Azzara

Candice Azzara
Born	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1965–present

Candice Azzara is an American character actress.

She is the aunt of actress Lana Parrilla.

Azzara was born in Brooklyn, the daughter of Josephine (née Bravo) and Samuel Azzara. She studied with Lee Strasberg and Gene Frankel and soon began appearing off-Broadway and in regional theatres. In the summer of 1965, she appeared as Eve in On the First Day, a one-act play written by David Graeme and directed by Charles Merlis at the 41st Street Playhouse in Manhattan.

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 titled "Those Were the Days" and the family name was Justice instead of Bunker. 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 Wonder Years, The Practice, Kojak, Barney Miller, Trapper John, M.D., L.A. Law, CHiPs, Soap, One Day At A Time, The Love Boat, Night Court, Remington Steele, Murder, She Wrote, ER, Married... with Children and Joan of Arcadia.

Partial filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1971	Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Made for Each Other
1975	Hearts of the West	Waitress
1977	The World's Greatest Lover
1978	House Calls	Ellen Grady
1980	Fatso	Lydia
1982	Pandemonium	Bambi
1983	Easy Money	Rose Monahan Capuletti
1988	Doin' Time on Planet Earth	Edna Pinsky
1995	Unstrung Heroes	Joanie
1999	The Hungry Bachelors Club	Hannibal Youngblood
2002	Catch Me If You Can	Darcy
2004	Ocean's Twelve
2005	In Her Shoes	Sydelle Feller
2015	Little Boy	Bertha

TV

External links

• "official website". Archived from the original on September 22, 2020.
• Candice Azzara at IMDb
• Candy Azzara at the Internet Broadway Database
• Candice Azzara on TvGuide