Rosanna DeSoto

Rosanna DeSoto (born September 2, 1950) is an American actress who has starred in film and in television. She comes from a Mexican family. Her parents are from Curimeo, Michoacan Mexico. She is the second well-known person from this town, the first being retired football player Tony Zendejas. She is best known for her role in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Azetbur, the daughter of Chancellor Gorkon.

Her other film roles include La Bamba (1987) as Ritchie Valens' mother Connie Valenzuela, Stand and Deliver (1988) and Family Business (1989). In the latter film she played the wife of Vito McMullen (Dustin Hoffman), co-starring with Sean Connery and Matthew Broderick.

DeSoto's first television role was in the series A.E.S. Hudson Street (1978) as Nurse Rosa Santiago. She starred in the short-lived series The Redd Foxx Show (1986). She has made guest appearances on many TV series, including Cannon, Kung Fu, Barnaby Jones, Barney Miller, Melrose Place, The Bold and the Beautiful and Law & Order.

External links

• Rosanna DeSoto at the Internet Movie Database
• Rosanna DeSoto at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)