Candice Azzara
Acting
Born 1945-05-18
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
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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.
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Filmography
Married... with Children
Murder, She Wrote
The Love Boat
ER
Rizzoli & Isles
Medium
L.A. Law
Strong Medicine
The Wonder Years
Night Court
Barney Miller
Catch Me If You Can
The Twilight Zone
Caroline in the City
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Baretta
Joan of Arcadia
Trapper John, M.D.
Ocean's Twelve
Kojak
Rhoda
CHiPs
In Her Shoes
E/R
Little Boy
Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
Alex, Inc.
Mama Malone
The World's Greatest Lover
The Storm
Easy Money
They Might Be Giants
Fay
Calucci's Department
House Calls
House Calls
Pandemonium
Final Approach
Diff'rent Strokes
The Montefuscos
The Flight Before Christmas
Roomies
Hearts of the West
The Hungry Bachelors Club
Unstrung Heroes
Dance 'Til Dawn
The Million Dollar Infield
Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?
Doin' Time on Planet Earth
How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
The Christmas Pageant
Made For Each Other
Divorce Wars: A Love Story
Fatso
In Vino
Land of the Free
Hail
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