Rosanna DeSoto
Biography
Rosanna DeSoto is a Mexican-American actress born on September 2, 1950, in San Jose, California. She has performed in both films and television, accumulating forty-three known acting credits on the Movie Database. Her film roles include portraying Azetbur, the daughter of Klingon Chancellor Gorkon, in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, as well as playing Connie Valenzuela, the mother of Ritchie Valens, in the 1987 film La Bamba. She also appeared in Stand and Deliver in 1988 and Family Business in 1989. On television, her first role was Nurse Rosa Santiago in the series A.E.S. Hudson Street in 1978, and she later starred in the short-lived series The Redd Foxx Show in 1986, alongside making various guest appearances throughout her career.
Career overview
Rosanna DeSoto is a Mexican-American actress born on September 2, 1950, in San Jose, California, who has performed extensively in both film and television. Her career in television began with her role as Nurse Rosa Santiago in the series A.E.S. Hudson Street in 1978. She later starred in the short-lived series The Redd Foxx Show in 1986 and has made guest appearances on numerous television series throughout her career.
In film, DeSoto is perhaps best known for portraying Azetbur, the daughter of Klingon Chancellor Gorkon, in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Her other notable film roles include playing Connie Valenzuela, the mother of Ritchie Valens, in the 1987 film La Bamba. She also appeared in Stand and Deliver in 1988 and Family Business in 1989, where she played the wife of Vito McMullen, a character portrayed by Dustin Hoffman.
With a recognized acting career spanning decades, DeSoto has established a body of work encompassing forty-three known credits in film and television productions.
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- A Bad Feeling (2017) as Self
- Wooly Boys (2001) as Martinez
- Strong Medicine (2000) as Dr. Elena Gomez
- Mambo Café (2000) as Carmen
- The 24 Hour Woman (1999) as Linda
- Thicker Than Blood (1998) as Señora
- Invasion (1997) as Nancy Ochoa
- Picture Windows (1995) as Lola
- Kissing Miranda (1995) as Carmen Ortega
- Chicago Hope (1994) as Lulu
- Walker, Texas Ranger (1993) as Cora Reynolds
- Melrose Place (1992) as Delia Saldana
- Child of Rage (1992) as Doris
- Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See (1992) as Frida Kahlo
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) as Azetbur
- Law & Order (1990) as Mrs. Ortega
- Quantum Leap (1989) as Fiddler
- Family Business (1989) as Elaine
- Face of the Enemy (1989) as Neiloufar Mobbasser
- Stand and Deliver (1988) as Fabiola Escalante
- La Bamba (1987) as Connie Valenzuela
- About Last Night... (1986) as Mrs. Lyons
- The Redd Foxx Show (1986)
- Joe Bash (1986)
- Jackals (1986) as Manuela
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Iza Decalde
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Maria Galvan
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Consuela Schaeffer
- Miami Vice (1984) as Erendira
- Miami Vice (1984) as Maria Lupe Cruz
- Punky Brewster (1984)
- The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez (1983) as Carlotta Muñoz
- Women of San Quentin (1983) as Adele Reynosa
- American Playhouse (1982) as Carlota Munoz
- American Playhouse (1982) as Fabiola Escalante
- Cannery Row (1982) as Ellen Sedgewick
- 300 Miles for Stephanie (1981) as Lydia
- Serial (1980) as Maria
- Angie (1979)
- Paris (1979)
- The In-Laws (1979) as Evita
- A.E.S. Hudson Street (1978)
- Barney Miller (1975) as Miss del Fuego (as Rosana Soto)
- Barney Miller (1975) as Elena Elezando (as Rosana Soto)
- Barney Miller (1975) as Teresa Tasco (as Rosana Soto)
- Rhoda (1974)
- The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
- Kung Fu (1972) as Kiona (as Rosana Soto)
- Cannon (1971)