Rutanya Alda

Rutanya Alda

1942-10-13 Riga, Latvia 77 Credits

Biography

Rutanya Alda (born October 13, 1942) is a Latvian-American actress.

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The Scout

The Scout

2025

as Anna

Acting

Sofia is a location scout for a TV show in New York City. Over the course of one day, she is invited into homes, businesses, and lives across the city...

Faye

Faye

2024

as Self

6.2
Acting

Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her ...

The War with Grandpa

The War with Grandpa

2020

as Lynn Marino

6.4
Acting

Peter is thrilled that his Grandpa is coming to live with his family. That is, until Grandpa moves into Peter's room, forcing him upstairs into the cr...

Where Is Kyra?

Where Is Kyra?

2018

as Ms. Pavlovsky

5.6
Acting

Pushed to the brink after losing her job, a woman struggles to survive. As the months pass and her troubles deepen, she embarks on a perilous and myst...

Split

Split

2016

as Melissa

5.7
Acting

The story of a young woman who takes an epic journey to claim her own darkness and sexuality so she can stop putting it into the hands of her abusive ...

Ovum

Ovum

2015

as Barbara

3.1
Acting

A quirky Brooklyn actress tries The Method to approach an Off Broadway role and is drawn into the shady world of egg donation clinics and the characte...

Late Phases

Late Phases

2014

as Gloria Baker

6.0
Acting

When deadly attacks from a nearby forest beset a secluded retirement community, it is up to a blind army veteran to discover what the residents are hi...

Too Big to Fail

Too Big to Fail

2011

as Admiral Evans

7.0
Acting

An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a f...

Return

Return

2011

as Mrs. Miller

6.4
Acting

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.

You Don't Know Jack

You Don't Know Jack

2010

as Vendor

7.0
Acting

Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

Stolen

Stolen

2009

as Older Sally Ann

5.9
Acting

A detective becomes obsessed with solving a child's 50-year-old murder, uncovering striking similarities between the case and his son's disappearance.

Handsome Harry

Handsome Harry

2009

as Mrs. Schroeder

5.7
Acting

An ex-Navy man carrying out the last wish of a dying shipmate renews contact with old friends to break the code of silence around a mysterious, long-b...

Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan

Mommie Dearest: The Revival of Joan

2006

Acting

A documentary in which the creative team discuss the process of adapting the material, the challenge of bringing an icon to life, bringing Frank Perry...

Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan

Mommie Dearest: Life with Joan

2006

Acting

Documentary which delves a bit deeper into the story of the film in which the cast and crew discuss some of the narrative beats, the performances in s...

Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On

Mommie Dearest: Joan Lives On

2006

Acting

Documentary which focuses more on the impact of the film upon its release and how it has seeped into the culture since that time. It is always fun to ...

Mystery Woman: Snapshot

Mystery Woman: Snapshot

2005

as Marsha

6.6
Acting

Amateur sleuth Samantha Kinsey's latest case has her trying to figure out who killed her best friend Barbara after she was left out of her family's wi...

Murder Without Conviction

Murder Without Conviction

2004

as Virginia McAlpin

5.4
Acting

Recently released from her vows as a nun, Christine Bennett is discovering "life on the outside." After a visit to her mentally-handicapped cousin Gen...

Love Comes Softly

Love Comes Softly

2003

as Wanda Marshall

6.7
Acting

Nineteen year old pioneer woman Marty has recently married. She goes west with her husband Clem, hoping to start a new life. But Clem unexpectedly die...

My First Mister

My First Mister

2001

as Woman at Apartment

6.6
Acting

Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Alber...

The Glass House

The Glass House

2001

as Vice Principal

5.9
Acting

When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Mali...

Wirey Spindell

Wirey Spindell

2000

as Coach's Wife

4.8
Acting

On the eve of his wedding, a Manhattanite takes a whimsical look back at his formative years and sexuality.

Steel

Steel

1997

as Mrs. Hunt

4.3
Acting

When a renegade military reject puts new superweapons in dangerous hands, John Henry Irons becomes Steel. Wearing body armor, wielding a fearsome elec...

American Perfekt

American Perfekt

1997

as Gloria

6.3
Acting

Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be m...

Gun

Gun

1997

as Clara Munday

7.0
Acting

Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

Double Jeopardy

Double Jeopardy

1996

as Gabriel Neuland

5.7
Acting

A naive 16 year old waitress falls for a corrupt, married police officer. When she falls pregnant, her lover plots her murder.

Safe Passage

Safe Passage

1994

as Beth

6.0
Acting

Recently estranged from her husband, and mother of seven sons, Mag Singer stands poised to pursue a whole new way of life. But when one of her childre...

The Ref

The Ref

1994

as Linda

6.5
Acting

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

They

They

1993

as Sue Madehurst

7.4
Acting

A father experiences strange apparitions after his daughter is killed in a car accident.

Zelda

Zelda

1993

Acting

Famous 1920s modernist writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his eccentric Flapper socialite wife Zelda Sayre's relationship began quite passionately, but he...

The Dark Half

The Dark Half

1993

as Miriam Cowley

6.0
Acting

Thad Beaumont is the author of a highly successful series of violent pulp thrillers written under the pseudonym of ‘George Stark’, but when he decides...

Leaving Normal

Leaving Normal

1992

as Palmer Hospital Nurse

6.2
Acting

Darly, a waitress with a past that's weighing her down, decides to drive to Alaska to try and come to terms with her unfortunate history. Along the wa...

Article 99

Article 99

1992

as Ann Travis

6.1
Acting

Dr. Richard Sturgess leads a team of compassionate doctors at a veteran's hospital. Along with Drs. Morgan, Handleman and Van Dorn, he fights to deliv...

Rainbow Drive

Rainbow Drive

1990

as Marge Crawford

4.6
Acting

A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.

Prancer

Prancer

1989

as Aunt Sarah

5.9
Acting

Jessica, the daughter of an impoverished apple farmer, still believes in Santa Claus. So when she comes across a reindeer with an injured leg, it make...

Gross Anatomy

Gross Anatomy

1989

as Mama Slovak

5.7
Acting

Joe Slovak is a brilliant first-year med student whose casual, nonconforming approach to life gets tested when he enrolls in Gross Anatomy, the toughe...

Last Exit to Brooklyn

Last Exit to Brooklyn

1989

as Georgette's Mother

6.5
Acting

A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute...

Winnie

Winnie

1988

as Mrs. Paretti

7.7
Acting

Based on a true story about a woman who is institutionalized as mentally retarded for 30 years while struggling to reach the outside world through her...

Apprentice to Murder

Apprentice to Murder

1988

as Elma Kelly

4.8
Acting

Pennsylvania, 1928. Billy Kelly, a sixteen-year old boy, meets a mysterious traveler claiming he's the messenger of God. Falling under under the spell...

Defense Play

Defense Play

1988

as Victoria Vandemeer

3.0
Acting

Professor Vandemeer works on a secret project for the US-Air-Force called DART: a very small helicopter for scouting and defense. When he gets killed,...

Laguna Heat

Laguna Heat

1987

as Dr. Kroyden

4.4
Acting

Tom Shepard returns to his home town of Laguna Beach to escape his turbulent past. But the tranquility is shattered when he gets involved in the inves...

Black Widow

Black Widow

1987

as Irene

6.2
Acting

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But sin...

Hotshot

Hotshot

1987

as Georgia Kristidis

3.8
Acting

The story of an American soccer player trying to make it big who turns to Pele, the greatest soccer player of all time, for guidance.

The Stuff

The Stuff

1985

as Psychologist

6.0
Acting

Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dess...

Rappin'

Rappin'

1985

as Cecilia

5.1
Acting

An ex-con and break-dancer helps save a neighborhood from a greedy developer while trying to win a rap contest.

Racing with the Moon

Racing with the Moon

1984

as Mrs. Nash

6.3
Acting

In a small coastal California town, Henry and Nicky are pals from blue collar families with only a short time before they ship off to World War II. He...

Amityville II: The Possession

Amityville II: The Possession

1982

as Delores Montelli

5.7
Acting

Anthony and Dolores Montelli, along with their four children, move into their dream house in Amityville and are immediately plagued by a string of par...

Girls Nite Out

Girls Nite Out

1982

as Barney / Katie Cavanaugh

4.6
Acting

The students of DeWitt University are preparing themselves for a night of fun and frolics in the form of an all-night scavenger hunt. Little do they k...

Vigilante

Vigilante

1982

as Vickie Marino

6.2
Acting

New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murd...

Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest

1981

as Carol Ann

6.4
Acting

Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour...

Christmas Evil

Christmas Evil

1980

as Theresa

5.4
Acting

Garbed in his red suit, Harry, a toy factory worker, decides that the only thing he can do to save the spirit of Christmas is to become Santa Claus hi...

When a Stranger Calls

When a Stranger Calls

1979

as Mrs. Mandrakis

6.1
Acting

A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to ...

Rocky II

Rocky II

1979

as Doctor Cooper (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

After Rocky goes the distance with champ Apollo Creed, both try to put the fight behind them and move on. Rocky settles down with Adrian but can't put...

The Deer Hunter

The Deer Hunter

1978

as Angela

8.0
Acting

A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they im...

Battered

Battered

1978

Acting

Gritty drama of three interweaving stories of three women of various backgrounds and ages whose marriages are complicated by spouse-abuse by their hus...

The Fury

The Fury

1978

as Kristen

6.3
Acting

When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his ...

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

Looking for Mr. Goodbar

1977

as Deaf Teacher (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

A short, unhappy affair with a married man leads a dedicated schoolteacher into the alcohol-and-drug fueled underworld of singles’ bars, where she beg...

The Last Tycoon

The Last Tycoon

1976

as Monroe Stahr's Secretary (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.

Swashbuckler

Swashbuckler

1976

as Bath Attendant

6.2
Acting

A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

1976

as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.

Deadly Hero

Deadly Hero

1975

5.7
Acting

Officer Lacy is an 18-year veteran of the New York Police Department who finds himself demoted from detective back to patrol duty for his violent tend...

The Terminal Man

The Terminal Man

1974

as Nurse

5.3
Acting

As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures...

Can Ellen Be Saved?

Can Ellen Be Saved?

1974

as Rachael

3.8
Acting

A young girl in search of spiritual enlightenment joins a religious cult, and becomes the focus of a struggle between her family and the group.

Executive Action

Executive Action

1973

as Assassination - Team B

6.4
Acting

Rogue intelligence agents, right-wing politicians, greedy capitalists, and free-lance assassins plot and carry out the JFK assassination in this specu...

Blume in Love

Blume in Love

1973

as Welfare Client (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

Lawyer Stephen Blume, who specializes in divorces, lives a paradoxical situation when, having his own marriage break up, is still in love with his ex-...

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

as Ruthie Lee

7.2
Acting

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

Scarecrow

Scarecrow

1973

as Woman in camper

7.1
Acting

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye

1973

as Rutanya Sweet

7.4
Acting

In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

To Find a Man

To Find a Man

1972

as Abortion Clinic Advisor (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A boarding-school girl asks the boy next door for help getting an abortion.

The Panic in Needle Park

The Panic in Needle Park

1971

as Admitting Nurse

6.8
Acting

A stark portrayal of life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in Needle Park in New York City. Played against this setting is a low-key love ...

Love and Kisses

1971

7.0
Acting

Sex, sadism and snowmobiles in a wild weekend of skiing and swinging in Aroostook County, Maine, with action in the ski slopes but even more action in...

The People Next Door

The People Next Door

1970

as Nurse (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

A married couple struggle with the realities of their imperfect marriage as they fight to save and rehabilitate their teenage daughter from a life of ...

Hi, Mom!

Hi, Mom!

1970

as 'Be Black Baby' Audience

6.3
Acting

Vietnam vet Jon Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' styl...

Hello, Dolly!

Hello, Dolly!

1969

as Townsperson (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace...

Greetings

Greetings

1968

as Linda (Shoplifter)

5.6
Acting

Three friends in New York City discuss how to dodge the draft and Vietnam, JFK's assassination, voyeurism, computer dating, and everything else.

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby

1968

as Dr. Hill's Answering Service (voice) (uncredited)

7.8
Acting

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the pur...

The Borgia Stick

The Borgia Stick

1967

as Nurse

7.8
Acting

A suburban couple discovers that they are pawns for a powerful crime syndicate. They try to break away from the cartel and go legitimate, but the synd...

City Wide Fever

City Wide Fever

N/A

as Rutanya

Acting

Sam, a young film student, discovers a USB detailing the life and career of forgotten Italian horror director Saturnino Barresi. As she begins to inve...