
Rosanna DeSoto
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991

Family Business
1989

Stand and Deliver
1988

La Bamba
1987

About Last Night...
1986

Wooly Boys
2001

Cannery Row
1982

Serial
1980

Child of Rage
1992

Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See
1992

Mambo Café
2000

The In-Laws
1979

Thicker Than Blood
1998

Women of San Quentin
1983

The 24 Hour Woman
1999

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
1983

300 Miles for Stephanie
1981

Face of the Enemy
1989

A Bad Feeling
2017

Jackals
1986

Kissing Miranda
1995

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Law & Order
1990

Rhoda
1974

Miami Vice
1984

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Walker, Texas Ranger
1993

Punky Brewster
1984

Angie
1979

Melrose Place
1992

Cannon
1971

A.E.S. Hudson Street
1978

Chicago Hope
1994

The Redd Foxx Show
1986

Joe Bash
1986

Paris
1979

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Quantum Leap
1989

Invasion
1997

Barney Miller
1975

Kung Fu
1972

Barney Miller
1975

Barney Miller
1975

Strong Medicine
2000

Picture Windows
1995

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Miami Vice
1984