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Candice Azzara
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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…
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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.
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2019
In Vino
Movie Aunt Clara
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2018
Alex, Inc.
TV show Auntie Louise
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2015
The Flight Before Christmas
Movie Debbie
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2015
Little Boy
Movie Bertha
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2011
The Christmas Pageant
Movie Ethel Clark
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2010
Rizzoli & Isles
TV show Mrs. Gold
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2009
The Storm
TV show Rose
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2008
Final Approach
Movie Elizabeth Foxhaven
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2005
In Her Shoes
Movie Sydelle Feller
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2005
Medium
TV show Elderly Woman
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2004
Ocean's Twelve
Movie Saul Bloom's Girlfriend
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2003
Joan of Arcadia
TV show Housewife God
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2002
Catch Me If You Can
Movie Darcy
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2000
Strong Medicine
TV show Lorraine Mills
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1999
The Hungry Bachelors Club
Movie Hannibal Youngblood
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1998
Land of the Free
Movie Waitress (as Candy Azzara)
More credits
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1995
Caroline in the City
TV show Angie Spadaro
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1995
Unstrung Heroes
Movie Joanie
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1994
ER
TV show Mrs. Roth
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1989
Doogie Howser, M.D.
TV show Joanne Lester
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1988
Dance 'Til Dawn
Movie Florist
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1988
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Movie Edna Pinsly
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1988
The Wonder Years
TV show Mrs. Ermin
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1987
Married... with Children
TV show Madame Inga
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1987
Roomies
TV show
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1986
L.A. Law
TV show Aurora
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1985
The Twilight Zone
TV show (segment "The Library")
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1984
Murder, She Wrote
TV show Marilee Coleson
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1984
E/R
TV show Laura
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1984
Mama Malone
TV show
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1984
Night Court
TV show Lorna Huebner
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1983
Easy Money
Movie Rose Capuletti (as Candy Azzara)
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1982
Pandemonium
Movie Bambi
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1982
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Movie Sylvia Bemous
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1982
The Million Dollar Infield
Movie Rochelle Levitas
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1980
Fatso
Movie Lydia
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1980
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
TV show
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1979
House Calls
TV show
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1979
Trapper John, M.D.
TV show
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1978
Diff'rent Strokes
TV show
