Theresa Saldana
Year Title Role Notes
1979 240-Robert Rosie Episode : The Applicant
1980 Sophia Loren : Her Own Story Maria Scicolone TV film
1981 Nurse Rita Episode : The Gifts
1983 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Angelina Episode : Promised Land
1983 T. J. Hooker Maria Santini Episode : Too Late for Love
1983 American Playhouse Pregnant Again Episode : Miss Lonelyhearts
1984 Victims for Victims : The Theresa Saldana Story Herself TV Film
1985 The Twilight Zone Inez Episode : Dead Woman 's Shoes
1985 Cagney & Lacey Dr. Strathmore Episode : Old Ghosts
1986 Simon & Simon Mrs. Karnofsky Episode : Full Moon Blues
1986 Matlock Sonia Cardenas Episode : The Affair
1986 Tales from the Darkside Audrey Webster Episode : Black Widows
1987 Hunter Jennifer Hartman Episode : Any Second Now
1987 Santa Barbara Carlotta Quivar Episodes 689 and 691
1987 CBS Schoolbreak Special Laura Chacon Episode : Juvi
1987 The Highwayman Angela Brown TV film
1987-88 Werewolf Rosa Episode : World of Difference Part 1-2
1988 Buck James Marta Ortiz Episode : Lives in the Balance
1988 Falcon Crest Pretty Woman Episode : False Faces
1990 MacGyver Maria Episode : The Treasure of Manco
Filmography -- Television
Theresa Saldana (August 20, 1954 - June 6, 2016) was an American actress, activist, and writer. She is known for her role as Rachel Scali, the wife of Police Commissioner Tony Scali, 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. Major film roles include Lenora LaMotta, the wife of Joe Pesci's character in the 1980 film, Raging Bull, and as a Beatles fan in Robert Zemeckis' Beatlemania ensemble I Wanna Hold Your Hand. She was also known for raising public awareness of the crime of stalking after surviving a murder attempt by an obsessed fan in 1982.