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Theresa Saldana

1954 - 2016

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Theresa Saldana (August 20, 1954 – June 6, 2016) was an American actress, activist, and writer. She is 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 Lenora LaMotta, the wife of Joe Pesci's character in the 1980 film Raging Bull, and as a Beatles fan in Robert Zemeckis' 1978 Beatlemania ensemble I Wanna Hold Your Hand. She was also known for raising public awareness of the crime of stalking after surviving a knife attack by an obsessed fan at her home in 1982. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theresa Saldana is the 9,287th most popular actor (up from 9,609th in 2019), the 14,107th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,050th in 2019) and the 4,384th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Theresa Saldana ranks 9,287 out of 13,578Before her are Tory Belleci, Justin Berfield, Billie Piper, Drew Fuller, Robert Więckiewicz, and Bobby Deol. After her are Jeanette Hain, Gabourey Sidibe, Matt Dallas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Tim Gunn, and Pete Davidson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Theresa Saldana ranks 673Before her are Pete Souza, Susana Trimarco, Rakhshān Banietemad, Zdzisław Kapka, Mustapha Kouici, and Phil Thompson. After her are Jeffrey Ashby, Jónína Leósdóttir, Yoshiaki Shimojo, Walter Payton, Sandie Jones, and Jad Fair. Among people deceased in 2016, Theresa Saldana ranks 574Before her are Bobby Wanzer, Nikolay Abramov, Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves, P. A. Sangma, Christina Grimmie, and Viktor Gavrikov. After her are Aleš Debeljak, Susan Lindquist, Mel Charles, Mike Oxley, Rob Ford, and Janet Waldo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theresa Saldana ranks 14,111 out of 20,380Before her are Michael J. McCulley (1943), Drew Fuller (1980), Sam Kinison (1953), Paul Dini (1957), Hakeem Jeffries (1970), and Nicolas Jaar (1990). After her are Young Maylay (1979), Sarah Caldwell (1924), Gabourey Sidibe (1983), Peter Fitzgerald (1960), Michael Porter Jr. (1998), and Matt Dallas (1982).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Theresa Saldana ranks 4,386Before her are Eva Amurri (1985), Jordan Fisher (1994), Sophia Ali (1995), Tory Belleci (1970), Justin Berfield (1986), and Drew Fuller (1980). After her are Gabourey Sidibe (1983), Matt Dallas (1982), Tim Gunn (1953), Pete Davidson (1993), Ben Alexander (1911), and Michael Jace (1962).