Rosanna DeSoto

Rosanna DeSoto

1950-09-02 San Jose, California, USA 21 Credits

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 ...

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A Bad Feeling

A Bad Feeling

2017

as Self

8.0
Acting

The day after suffering a miscarriage, a young couple attend their local comic con.

Wooly Boys

Wooly Boys

2001

as Martinez

5.0
Acting

A sheep rancher's visit to the big city triggers a mischevious adventure with his teenage grandson.

Mambo Café

Mambo Café

2000

as Carmen

4.9
Acting

A beautiful Puerto Rican girl and her family in Spanish harlem devise a novel plan to attract business to their restaurant, causing a wildly comic seq...

The 24 Hour Woman

The 24 Hour Woman

1999

as Linda

3.0
Acting

Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.

Thicker Than Blood

Thicker Than Blood

1998

as Señora

6.5
Acting

Griffin Byrne is the idealistic new history, English and maths teacher in Father Frank Larkin's school in a mainly Latino ghetto neighborhood where mo...

Kissing Miranda

1995

as Carmen Ortega

4.0
Acting

A young man falls in love with a co-worker's mail order bride from Latin America.

Child of Rage

Child of Rage

1992

as Doris

5.7
Acting

A priest and his wife adopt a brother and sister, but the girl has terrible outbursts of rage. They get her in treatment and try to find out the reaso...

Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See

Diego Rivera: I Paint What I See

1992

as Frida Kahlo

8.0
Acting

The first biographical film on the famed Mexican artist, traces his life from childhood through his Cubist period, his leading role in the Mexican mur...

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country

1991

as Azetbur

7.0
Acting

After years of war, the Federation and the Klingon empire find themselves on the brink of a peace summit when a Klingon ship is nearly destroyed by an...

Family Business

Family Business

1989

as Elaine

5.7
Acting

Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently...

Face of the Enemy

Face of the Enemy

1989

as Neiloufar Mobbasser

6.0
Acting

Years after his release from captivity as a hostage during the US embassy hostage crisis in Tehran, a former US intelligence officer comes face to fac...

Stand and Deliver

Stand and Deliver

1988

as Fabiola Escalante

7.6
Acting

Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional...

La Bamba

La Bamba

1987

as Connie Valenzuela

7.3
Acting

Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his g...

Jackals

Jackals

1986

as Manuela

7.0
Acting

Cops in a small town near the Mexican border find themselves caught up in a scheme that smuggles illegal aliens into the country.

About Last Night...

About Last Night...

1986

as Mrs. Lyons

6.0
Acting

A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends.

Women of San Quentin

Women of San Quentin

1983

as Adele Reynosa

1.0
Acting

A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez

1983

as Carlotta Muñoz

6.9
Acting

Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in d...

Cannery Row

Cannery Row

1982

as Ellen Sedgewick

5.9
Acting

Doc, who has just moved to Cannery Row, realizes that the only entertainment is the brothel. There he meets the spunky Suzy and they fall in love, giv...

300 Miles for Stephanie

300 Miles for Stephanie

1981

as Lydia

Acting

A San Antonio cop, as an act of faith, vows to run more than 300 miles in five days, hoping his critically ill five-year-old daughter will survive to ...

Serial

Serial

1980

as Maria

5.5
Acting

A man resists the California fads that his wife, friends and wealthy Marin County neighbors embrace.

The In-Laws

The In-Laws

1979

as Evita

6.7
Acting

In preparation for his daughter's wedding, dentist Sheldon Kornpett meets Vince Ricardo, the groom's father. Vince, a manic fellow who claims to be a ...