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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 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Theresa Saldana is the 9,453rd most popular actor (up from 9,609th in 2024), the 14,174th most popular biography from United States (down from 14,046th in 2019) and the 4,402nd most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Theresa Saldana ranks 9,453 out of 13,578. Before her are Billie Piper, Maria Kawamura, Drew Fuller, Robert Więckiewicz, Hisao Egawa, and Bobby Deol. After her are Jeanette Hain, Gabourey Sidibe, Jale Arıkan, Matt Dallas, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, and Philip Ng.

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Among people born in 1954, Theresa Saldana ranks 673. Before 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 574. Before 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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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Theresa Saldana ranks 4,404. Before 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).

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