Portrait of Rosanna DeSoto

Rosanna DeSoto

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.

Born: September 2, 1950

Place of Birth: San Jose, California, USA

Filmography

2017
2001
Wooly Boys

as Martinez

2000
Strong Medicine

as Dr. Elena Gomez

2000
Mambo Café

as Carmen

1999
1998
1997
Invasion

as Nancy Ochoa

1995
1994
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger

as Cora Reynolds

1992
1992
Melrose Place

as Delia Saldana

1990
Law & Order

as Mrs. Ortega

1989
1989
Quantum Leap

as Fiddler

1989
Face of the Enemy

as Neiloufar Mobbasser

1988
Stand and Deliver

as Fabiola Escalante

1987
La Bamba

as Connie Valenzuela

1986
Jackals

as Manuela

1986
About Last Night...

as Mrs. Lyons

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Iza Decalde

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Maria Galvan

1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Consuela Schaeffer

1984
Miami Vice

as Erendira

1984
Miami Vice

as Maria Lupe Cruz

1983
Women of San Quentin

as Adele Reynosa

1983
1982
Cannery Row

as Ellen Sedgewick

1980
Serial

as Maria

1979
1979
The In-Laws

as Evita

1979
1975
Barney Miller

as Miss del Fuego (as Rosana Soto)

1975
Barney Miller

as Elena Elezando (as Rosana Soto)

1975
Barney Miller

as Teresa Tasco (as Rosana Soto)

1974
1972
Kung Fu

as Kiona (as Rosana Soto)

1971