Candice Azzara

Known for ActingBorn 1945-05-18 (age 81)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 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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Million Dollar Infield

The Wonder Years

Rizzoli & Isles

Catch Me If You Can

The Hungry Bachelors Club

Mama Malone

ER

Married... with Children

The Twilight Zone

Medium

Little Boy

Joan of Arcadia

Strong Medicine

Murder, She Wrote

Divorce Wars: A Love Story

Night Court

Barney Miller

Kojak

Diff'rent Strokes

L.A. Law

The Montefuscos

Calucci's Department

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

They Might Be Giants

Ocean's Twelve

CHiPs

Doogie Howser, M.D.

Alex, Inc.

Caroline in the City

Hail

Trapper John, M.D.

The Storm

In Her Shoes

Baretta

House Calls

In Vino

Unstrung Heroes

The Christmas Pageant

The Love Boat

House Calls

Rhoda

Dance 'Til Dawn

Roomies

Easy Money

Fatso

The Flight Before Christmas

E/R

The World's Greatest Lover