Candice Azzara

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Candice Azzara
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Years active1965–present

Candice Azzara is an American character actress. [1]

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She is the aunt of actress Lana Parrilla.[ citation needed ]

Azzara was born in Brooklyn, the daughter of Josephine (née Bravo) and Samuel Azzara.[ citation needed ] She studied with Lee Strasberg and Gene Frankel and soon began appearing off-Broadway and in regional theatres.[ citation needed ] 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.[ citation needed ] 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 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

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Candice Azzara Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-02-17.