Theresa Saldana

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Theresa Saldana
Saldana in 1981
Born	(1954-08-20)August 20, 1954 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	June 6, 2016(2016-06-06) (aged 61) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Actress activist writer
Years active	1978–2004
Spouses	Fred Feliciano ​ ​ (m. 1979; div. 1986)​ [1] Phil Peters ​ (m. 1989)​
Children	1

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' 1978 Beatlemania ensemble I Wanna Hold Your Hand. She was also known for raising public awareness of the crime of stalking after surviving a knife attack by an obsessed fan at her home in 1982.