Rosanna DeSoto (Actor)

Reviews of Rosanna DeSoto Movies

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Movies starring Rosanna DeSoto have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 64%.

Stand and Deliver - released in 1988 - is Rosanna DeSoto's highest rated movie, with a score of 76% based on 385 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Rosanna DeSoto is Family Business - released in 1989 - with a score of 48% based on 64 reviews.

Actor Biography

​   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.

Rosanna DeSoto has acted in films with Lou Diamond Phillips, Edward James Olmos, David Paymer and Art Evans.

Rosanna DeSoto has worked with these film directors: Sidney Lumet, Edward Zwick, Nicholas Meyer and Arthur Hiller.