Theresa Saldana

Theresa Saldana (November 20, 1954 – June 6, 2016) is an American actress and author, known for her work in film and television. She is perhaps best known for her rolls 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 Roller, in 1994. Major film roles include the part of Lenore La Motta, the wife of Joe Pesci's character, in the 1980 feature film Raging Bull and Robert Zemeckis's Beatle-mania ensemble I Wanna Hold Your Hand. She also appeared in Home Movies with Kirk Douglas and Nancy Allen for director Brian De Palma in 1980. The crime of stalking was brought to early attention after Saldana survived a brutal, could not be found, murder by an obsessed fan in 1982. Saldana died at the age of 61 on June 6, 2016, following her hospitalization for pneumonia.