Shera Danese
Biography
Shera Danese is an American actress born on October 9, 1949, in Hartsdale, New York, and is the widow of actor Peter Falk. Her acting career began in 1976 with an appearance in an episode of One Day at a Time. Her extensive television credits include roles on Serpico, Baretta, Three's Company, Kojak, Family, Hart to Hart, Starsky and Hutch, and Charlie's Angels. She also appeared in the 1983 film Risky Business, starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay, in which she played a prostitute named Vicky. Additionally, Danese appeared in six episodes of Columbo, holding a major role in three of them where she helped plan the murder rather than acting as the killer.
Career overview
Shera Danese is an American actress born in Hartsdale, New York, on October 9, 1949. Her acting career began in 1976 with a part in a single episode of the television series One Day at a Time. Throughout her television career, she has accumulated numerous credits, including roles on programs such as Serpico, Baretta, Three's Company, Kojak, Family, Hart to Hart, Starsky and Hutch, and Charlie's Angels.
In addition to her television work, Danese appeared on the big screen in one of her few film roles, playing a prostitute named Vicky in the 1983 movie Risky Business, which starred Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. She also appeared in six episodes of the television series Columbo, taking on a major role in three of them. Within those episodes, she was never cast as the killer, though she did help plan the murder in one of the storylines. Outside of her acting work, she is known as the widow of actor Peter Falk.
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- Alpha Dog (2006) as Abby
- Checking Out (2006) as Rhonda Apple
- Who's Your Daddy? (2004) as Honey Mack
- John Q (2002) as Wife of Heart Transplant Patient
- Enemies of Laughter (2000) as Helen
- Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin (1994) as self
- The Magic Bubble (1993) as Letty
- Baby Boom (1987) as Cloak Room Attendant
- The Ladies Club (1986) as Eva
- Risky Business (1983) as Vicki
- Sparkling Cyanide (1983) as Christine Shannon
- Ace Crawford, Private Eye (1983) as Luana
- Your Place... or Mine? (1983)
- The Million Dollar Infield (1982) as Bunny Wahl
- The Love Tapes (1980) as Susan
- Hart to Hart (1979) as Carla
- The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) as Self
- Fame (1978) as Lucia
- Three's Company (1977) as Barmaid
- New York, New York (1977) as Doyle's Girl in Major Chord
- Having Babies (1976) as Kristy Potter
- Starsky & Hutch (1975) as Nicole Monk
- Medical Story (1975) as Kitty
- Kojak (1973) as Sally Centorini
- Columbo (1971) as Eve Plummer
- Columbo (1971) as Geraldine Ferguson
- Columbo (1971) as Cathleen Calvert
- Columbo (1971) as Trish Fairbanks
- Columbo (1971) as Vanessa Barsini
- Columbo (1971) as Molly
- A Trace of Murder as Cathleen Calvert