Personal Info
Candy Azarra
Candice Azzara
Acting
Biography
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 Fl…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
In Vino
as Aunt Clara
Little Boy
as Bertha
The Flight Before Christmas
as Debbie
The Christmas Pageant
as Ethel Clark
Final Approach
as Elizabeth Foxhaven
In Her Shoes
as Sydelle Feller
Ocean's Twelve
as Saul Bloom's Girlfriend
Catch Me If You Can
as Darcy
The Hungry Bachelors Club
as Hannibal Youngblood
Land of the Free
as Waitress (as Candy Azzara)
TV Shows
Alex, Inc.
as Auntie Louise · 1 ep.
Rizzoli & Isles
as Mrs. Gold · 1 ep.
The Storm
as Rose · 2 ep.
Medium
as Elderly Woman · 1 ep.
Joan of Arcadia
as Housewife God · 1 ep.
Strong Medicine
as Lorraine Mills · 1 ep.
Caroline in the City
as Angie Spadaro · 14 ep.
ER
as Mrs. Roth · 1 ep.
Doogie Howser, M.D.
1 ep.
The Wonder Years
as Mrs. Ermin · 1 ep.
