Theresa Saldana

Born: 1954-08-20, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died: 2016-06-06

Biography

Theresa Saldana (August 20, 1954 – June 6, 2016) was an American actress and author, known for her work in film and television. She is perhaps best known for her role as Rachel Scali, the wife of Police Commissioner Tony Scali, in the 1990s television series The Commish, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, in 1994. Major film roles include the part of Lenore La Motta, the wife of Joe Pesci's character, in the 1980 feature film Raging Bull and Robert Zemeckis's Beatle-mania ensemble I Wanna Hold Your Hand. She also appeared in Home Movies with Kirk Douglas and Nancy Allen for director Brian De Palma in 1980. The crime of stalking was brought to early attention after Saldana survived a brutal attempted murder by an obsessed fan in 1982. Saldana died at age 61 on June 6, 2016, following her hospitalization for pneumonia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Theresa Saldana, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• Diagnosis: Murder (1993)
• MacGyver (1985)
• Hunter (1984)
• Tales from the Darkside (1984)
• T. J. Hooker (1982)
• Simon & Simon (1981)
• Cagney & Lacey (1982)
• Batman Beyond (1999)
• The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers (1990)
• The Commish (1991)
• The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996)
• Raging Bull (1980)
• Nurse (1981)
• The Highwayman (1987)
• 240-Robert (1979)
• Angel Town (1990)
• The Evil That Men Do (1984)
• Jonny Quest versus the Cyber Insects (1995)
• The Time Shifters (1999)
• I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
• Gang Warz (2004)
• She Woke Up Pregnant (1996)
• Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story (1984)
• Double Revenge (1988)
• Carlo's Wake (1999)
• Shameful Secrets (1993)
• Illusion Infinity (2004)
• Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980)
• Nunzio (1978)