Rosanna DeSoto
Acting
Born September 2, 1950, San Jose, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rosanna DeSoto (born September 2, 1950) is a Mexican-American actress who has performed in films and television. She is best known for her role in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Azetbur, the daughter of Klingon Chancellor Gorkon. Her other film roles include La Bamba (1987) as Ritchie Valens' mother Connie Valenzuela; Stand and Deliver (1988); and Family Business (1989) as the wife of Vito McMullen (Dustin Hoffman). DeSoto's first television role was in the series A.E.S. Hudson Street (1978) as Nurse Rosa Santiago. She starred in the short-lived series The Redd Foxx Show (1986). She has made guest appearances on many TV series, including Cannon, Kung Fu, Barnaby Jones, Barney Miller, Melrose Place, The Bold and the Beautiful and Law & Order. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosanna DeSoto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
- 2001Wooly Boys — Martinez
- 2000Mambo Café — Carmen
- Strong Medicine — Dr. Elena Gomez
- 1999The 24 Hour Woman — Linda
- 1998Thicker Than Blood — Señora
- Invasion — Nancy Ochoa
- 1995Kissing Miranda — Carmen Ortega
- Picture Windows — Lola
- Chicago Hope — Lulu
- Walker, Texas Ranger — Cora Reynolds
- 1992Child of Rage — Doris
- 1992Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See — Frida Kahlo
- Melrose Place — Delia Saldana
- 1991Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country — Azetbur
- Law & Order — Mrs. Ortega
- 1989Face of the Enemy — Neiloufar Mobbasser
- 1989Family Business — Elaine
- Quantum Leap — Fiddler
- 1988Stand and Deliver — Fabiola Escalante
- 1987La Bamba — Connie Valenzuela
- 1986About Last Night... — Mrs. Lyons
- 1986Jackals — Manuela
- Joe Bash
- The Redd Foxx Show
- Miami Vice — Erendira, Maria Lupe Cruz
- Murder, She Wrote — Iza Decalde, Maria Galvan, Consuela Schaeffer
- Punky Brewster
- 1983The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez — Carlotta Muñoz
- 1983Women of San Quentin — Adele Reynosa
- American Playhouse — Carlota Munoz, Fabiola Escalante
- 1982Cannery Row — Ellen Sedgewick
- 1981300 Miles for Stephanie — Lydia
- 1980Serial — Maria
- Angie
- Paris
- 1979The In-Laws — Evita
- A.E.S. Hudson Street
- Barney Miller — Miss del Fuego (as Rosana Soto), Elena Elezando (as Rosana Soto), Teresa Tasco
- Rhoda
- Kung Fu — Kiona (as Rosana Soto)
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Cannon
- Tumor — Maria
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 2017A Bad Feeling — Self