Theresa Saldana
Actor
America's Most Wanted...the host of the show; other potential candidates included former Marine Corps Commandant General P.X. Kelly and victims' advocate Theresa Saldana. Walsh had gained publicity after his six-year-old son, Adam Walsh , was kidnapped and murdered... In this article: America's Most Wanted, FBI, John Walsh, U.S. Marshals, Texas Seven, John List, Emigdio Preciado, Jr., Phoenix, Arizona, and Dirty Dozen |
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Wikipedia | October 31, 2009
Stalking
...was California in 1990 due to several high profile stalking cases in California, including the 1982 attempted murder of actress Theresa Saldana, the 1988 massacre by Richard Farley, the 1989 murder of actress Rebecca Schaeffer, and five...
In this article: Department of Justice, United States, Personality disorder, Los Angeles Police Department, Uniform Code of Military Justice, Allegation, Anxiety, and Rebecca Schaeffer
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The Commish
...in a small Upstate New York town who worked through problems with humor and creativity more often than with violence or force. Theresa Saldana played Rachel Scali, Tony's wife, and Kaj-Erik Eriksen played their teen-aged son David. Also...
In this article: The Commish, Michael Chiklis, Stephen J. Cannell, David Paymer, Upstate New York, and New York City
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film)
...she does. Rosie Petrofsky (Wendie Jo Sperber), a very huge fan , just wants to be in the show with her idol s, and Grace Corrigan (Theresa Saldana), is certain that if she can get some exclusive photos of The Beatles, her career as a...
In this article: I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Beatles, Robert Zemeckis, The Beatles, The Ed Sullivan Show, Beatles, Polythene Pam, and She Loves You
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Defiance (1980 film)
Defiance is a 1980 American film starring Jan-Michael Vincent, Art Carney, and Theresa Saldana. Jan-Michael Vincent portrays a young seaman who takes up temporary housing in a neighborhood overrun by gangs, while waiting for his next...
In this article: Defiance, Jan-Michael Vincent, Art Carney, and HBO
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Rebecca Schaeffer
...actor, Bardo became enraged and decided that Schaeffer should be punished for becoming "another Hollywood whore." Having read that Theresa Saldana's stalker, Arthur Richard Jackson, had obtained Saldana's address through a private investigator,...
In this article: Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer, Robert John Bardo, My Sister Sam, Tucson, Brad Silberling, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills, Parole, Lincoln High School, and Marcia Clark
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Theresa Saldana
...the attack. The experience also inspired Saldana to play herself in the television movie Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story, and she authored the book Beyond Survival, a memoir of her experiences after being attacked. Saldana...
In this article: The Commish, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Carnegie Medal, Surgery, Heart failure, and Robert John Bardo
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The Evil That Men Do (film)
...man (Lomelin's wife Isabel is played by Constanza Hool ) and is accompanied to Guatemala by Hidalgo's widow Rhiana (played by Theresa Saldana) and daughter Sarah (played by Amanda Nicole Thomas). In a sense, Holland is a near sociopath...
In this article: The Evil That Men Do, Angel of Death, Tri-Star Pictures, ITC Entertainment, and Ken Thorne
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The Night Before (film)
...but clueless Winston. In the hijinks that follow, Winston manages to get them lost in the ghetto, befriend a hooker named Rhonda (Theresa Saldana), and accidentally sell Tara to a diminutive pimp named Tito (Trinidad Silva). Winston spends...
In this article: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Night Before, Trinidad Silva, Keanu Reeves, Lori Loughlin, and Los Angeles
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William Farley
...screen performance. William Farley directed his second feature, Of Men and Angels, from a screenplay he co-wrote, starring Theresa Saldana and John Molloy of Dublin's Abbey Theatre. The film tells the story of three strong-willed...
In this article: William Farley, Citizen : I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It Away, Sundance Film Festival, John O'Keefe, San Francisco, Song of Myself, U.S. Army, Sundance, and United States
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Crazy Days and Nights | February 27, 2009
Your Turn
...Jennifer Tilly was nice, and Wil Wheaton was a total dick. (But that was during his dick years, so.) I met Corbin Bernsen and Theresa Saldana when I worked at another bookstore, in Vancouver. TS was a regular, always bought dozens of books...
In this article: Nicholas Cage, Paul Kantner, Samuel L. Jackson, Gena Rowlands, Jay Mewes, and Adam Baldwin
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Theresa Saldana (born August 20, 1954) is an American actress, known for her work in motion pictures and television. She is perhaps best known for her role as Joe Pesci's wife 'Lenore La Motta' in the 1980 feature film Raging Bull and in the 1990s television series The Commish, for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, in 1994.
Saldana was born in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Divina and Tony Saldana. On March 15, 1982, Saldana was the stalking victim of Arthur Richard Jackson, a 46 year old drifter from Aberdeen, Scotland. Jackson stabbed her in the torso 10 times, with a 5 1/2 inch knife, near the front of her home in broad daylight, almost killing her. The attack was so fierce that he bent the blade in his rage.
Saldana could have died had it not been for a bottled water deliveryman, Jeff Fenn, who came down from the second floor of an apartment building and subdued her attacker. Inspired by the event and encouraged by many, Jeff Fenn, shortly after, entered Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department training, graduated from the academy, and became a deputy sheriff.
Saldana recovered after 4 hours of surgery, and a 4-month hospital stay, and eventually founded the Victims for Victims organization. The 1990 anti-stalking law and the 1994 Drivers Privacy Protection Act came into being partly as a result of the attack. The horrific experience inspired Saldana to star in the TV-film "Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story" (1984), recreating that traumatic day.
Theresa Saldana continues to act, and has appeared in dozens of roles on TV and films, in the last two decades. She also authored the book "Beyond Survival," a memoir of her experiences after being violently attacked.
- Birth Date:
- August 20, 1954
- Birthplace:
- Brooklyn, New York
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