Candice Azzara

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Candice Azzara
OccupationActress
Years active1965–present

Candice Azzara is an American character actress. [1]

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Career

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. [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 , [1] and Rhoda . [1] She has guested on numerous series, including Diff'rent Strokes , The Wonder Years , The Practice , Kojak , Barney Miller , [1] Trapper John, M.D. , L.A. Law , CHiPs , Soap, One Day At A Time , The Love Boat , Night Court , Remington Steele , Murder, She Wrote , [1] ER , Married... with Children [1] and Joan of Arcadia .

Partial filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1971 They Might Be Giants Teenage GirlUncredited
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Sally
Made for Each Other Sheila
1972 Hail The People
1975 Hearts of the West Waitress
1977 The World's Greatest Lover Anne Calassandro
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
1998 Land of the Free Waitress
1999 The Hungry Bachelors Club Hannibal Youngblood
2002 Catch Me If You Can Darcy
2004 One Last Ride Gina's Mother
Ocean's Twelve Saul Bloom's Wife
2005 In Her Shoes Sydelle Feller
Bocce BallsAunt Tilly
2015 Little Boy Bertha
2017In VinoAunt Clara

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1969 N.Y.P.D. Sally1 episode
1973 Calucci's Department Shirley Balukis11 episodes
1975 The ABC Afternoon Playbreak Rosalie1 episode
WivesMary MargaretTV movie
The Montefuscos Blossom Bazussi1 episode
1975–1976 Fay Al Cassidy's wife, Joyce2 episodes
1979 Soap Mobster Mel's girlfriend, Millie3 episodes

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Candice Azzara Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2016. Archived from the original on February 17, 2016.
  2. Gallo, Phil (October 16, 1998). "All in the Family (Those Were the Days)". Variety . Archived from the original on June 14, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.