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 ...
Known For
Complete Filmography
A Bad Feeling
2017
as Self
The day after suffering a miscarriage, a young couple attend their local comic con.
Wooly Boys
2001
as Martinez
A sheep rancher's visit to the big city triggers a mischevious adventure with his teenage grandson.
Mambo Café
2000
as Carmen
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
1999
as Linda
Grace tries to be the perfect mother and TV producer but finds trouble in juggling both.
Thicker Than Blood
1998
as Señora
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
A young man falls in love with a co-worker's mail order bride from Latin America.
Child of Rage
1992
as Doris
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
1992
as Frida Kahlo
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
1991
as Azetbur
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
1989
as Elaine
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
1989
as Neiloufar Mobbasser
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
1988
as Fabiola Escalante
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional...
La Bamba
1987
as Connie Valenzuela
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
1986
as Manuela
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...
1986
as Mrs. Lyons
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
1983
as Adele Reynosa
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
1983
as Carlotta Muñoz
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
1982
as Ellen Sedgewick
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
1981
as Lydia
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
1980
as Maria
A man resists the California fads that his wife, friends and wealthy Marin County neighbors embrace.
The In-Laws
1979
as Evita
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 ...