Biography
Rutanya Alda (born October 13, 1942) is a Latvian-American actress.
Known For
Complete Filmography

The Scout
2025
as Anna
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
2024
as Self
Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her ...

The War with Grandpa
2020
as Lynn Marino
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?
2018
as Ms. Pavlovsky
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
2016
as Melissa
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
2015
as Barbara
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
2014
as Gloria Baker
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
2011
as Admiral Evans
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
2011
as Mrs. Miller
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
2010
as Vendor
Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.

Stolen
2009
as Older Sally Ann
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
2009
as Mrs. Schroeder
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
2006
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
2006
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
2006
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
2005
as Marsha
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
2004
as Virginia McAlpin
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
2003
as Wanda Marshall
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
2001
as Woman at Apartment
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
2001
as Vice Principal
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
2000
as Coach's Wife
On the eve of his wedding, a Manhattanite takes a whimsical look back at his formative years and sexuality.

Steel
1997
as Mrs. Hunt
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
1997
as Gloria
Criminal psychiatrist, Jake Nyman is taking a much needed vacation from responsibility. An experimental road trip during which ever decision will be m...

Gun
1997
as Clara Munday
Follows a gun and the different hands it falls into and the different characters that use it.

Double Jeopardy
1996
as Gabriel Neuland
A naive 16 year old waitress falls for a corrupt, married police officer. When she falls pregnant, her lover plots her murder.

Safe Passage
1994
as Beth
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
1994
as Linda
A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

They
1993
as Sue Madehurst
A father experiences strange apparitions after his daughter is killed in a car accident.

Zelda
1993
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
1993
as Miriam Cowley
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
1992
as Palmer Hospital Nurse
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
1992
as Ann Travis
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
1990
as Marge Crawford
A Hollywood multiple murder is investigated by a homicide cop, despite high-placed efforts to cover up the crime.

Prancer
1989
as Aunt Sarah
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
1989
as Mama Slovak
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
1989
as Georgette's Mother
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
1988
as Mrs. Paretti
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
1988
as Elma Kelly
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
1988
as Victoria Vandemeer
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
1987
as Dr. Kroyden
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
1987
as Irene
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
1987
as Georgia Kristidis
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
1985
as Psychologist
Amalgamated Dairies hires David Rutherford, an FBI man turned industrial saboteur, to investigate a popular new product called “the Stuff,” a new dess...

Rappin'
1985
as Cecilia
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
1984
as Mrs. Nash
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
1982
as Delores Montelli
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
1982
as Barney / Katie Cavanaugh
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
1982
as Vickie Marino
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
1981
as Carol Ann
Renowned film star Joan Crawford's abuse towards Christina, her adopted daughter, intensifies as her professional and romantic relationships turn sour...

Christmas Evil
1980
as Theresa
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
1979
as Mrs. Mandrakis
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
1979
as Doctor Cooper (uncredited)
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
1978
as Angela
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
1978
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
1978
as Kristen
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
1977
as Deaf Teacher (uncredited)
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
1976
as Monroe Stahr's Secretary (uncredited)
Monroe Stahr, a successful movie producer, pursues a beautiful and elusive young woman — all the while working himself to death.

Swashbuckler
1976
as Bath Attendant
A pirate and a hot-tempered noblewoman join forces to protect Jamaica from a tyrant.

Next Stop, Greenwich Village
1976
as Party Guest (uncredited)
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
1975
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
1974
as Nurse
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?
1974
as Rachael
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
1973
as Assassination - Team B
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
1973
as Welfare Client (uncredited)
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
1973
as Ruthie Lee
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
1973
as Woman in camper
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.

The Long Goodbye
1973
as Rutanya Sweet
In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife.

To Find a Man
1972
as Abortion Clinic Advisor (uncredited)
A boarding-school girl asks the boy next door for help getting an abortion.

The Panic in Needle Park
1971
as Admitting Nurse
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
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
1970
as Nurse (uncredited)
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!
1970
as 'Be Black Baby' Audience
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!
1969
as Townsperson (uncredited)
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
1968
as Linda (Shoplifter)
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
1968
as Dr. Hill's Answering Service (voice) (uncredited)
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
1967
as Nurse
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
N/A
as Rutanya
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...