Theresa Saldana

Biography: Petite brunette leading lady Theresa Saldana made her first film appearance in 1978's I Wanna Hold Your Hand. In 1980, Saldana was seen as Jake LaMotta's sister-in-law in Raging Bull and as Sophia Loren's sister Maria in the made-for-TV Sophia Loren: Her Own Story. That same year, she showed up in a traditional woman-in-peril role in Defiance. One of the most fervent fans of that film was a drifter by the name of Arthur Richard Jackson, who couldn't stand the thought of his beloved Saldana (whom he'd never met) being subjected to danger and evil. Reportedly, he decided then and there to "save" the actress by killing her himself. On March 15, 1982, Saldana was assaulted and nearly stabbed to death by Jackson. After a long and traumatic recuperation period, she organized Victims for Victims, a support group for other people who'd survived near-fatal attacks from "devoted admirers." Her own story was dramatized in the 1984 TV movie Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story,Petite brunette leading lady Theresa Saldana made her first film appearance in 1978's I Wanna Hold Your Hand. In 1980, Saldana was seen as Jake LaMotta's sister-in-law in Raging Bull and as Sophia Loren's sister Maria in the made-for-TV Sophia Loren: Her Own Story. That same year, she showed up in a traditional woman-in-peril role in Defiance. One of the most fervent fans of that film was a drifter by the name of Arthur Richard Jackson, who couldn't stand the thought of his beloved Saldana (whom he'd never met) being subjected to danger and evil. Reportedly, he decided then and there to "save" the actress by killing her himself. On March 15, 1982, Saldana was assaulted and nearly stabbed to death by Jackson. After a long and traumatic recuperation period, she organized Victims for Victims, a support group for other people who'd survived near-fatal attacks from "devoted admirers." Her own story was dramatized in the 1984 TV movie Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story, in which she played herself. More recently, Theresa Saldana co-starred as Rachel Scale, wife of the title character, in the 1990s TV series The Commish, and hosted the Lifetime Cable Network "reality" series Confessions of Crime (1991). Saldana retired from acting in 2004; she passed away in 2016 at age 61. Expand

Theresa Saldana's Scores

Average career score: 43
Highest Metascore: 50 The Commish: Season 1
Lowest Metascore: 36 Matlock: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 2
  2. Negative: 1 out of 2
2 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd All My Children: Season 36 Jan 5, 2005 Christina Vargas (1997) tbd
tbd All My Children: Season 35 Jan 5, 2004 Christina Vargas (1997) tbd
tbd All My Children: Season 34 Jan 6, 2003 Christina Vargas (1997) tbd
tbd All My Children: Season 33 Jan 7, 2002 Christina Vargas (1997) tbd
tbd All My Children: Season 32 Jan 5, 2001 Christina Vargas (1997) tbd
tbd The Commish: Season 5 Nov 30, 1995 Rachel Scali / Rachel Scali tbd
tbd The Commish: Season 4 Sep 24, 1994 Rachel Scali / Rachel Scali tbd
tbd The Commish: Season 3 Sep 25, 1993 Rachel Scali / Rachel Scali tbd
tbd The Commish: Season 2 Sep 26, 1992 Rachel Scali / Rachel Scali tbd
50 The Commish: Season 1 Sep 28, 1991 Rachel Scali / Rachel Scali tbd
tbd MacGyver: Season 5 Sep 18, 1989 Maria tbd
36 Matlock: Season 1 Mar 3, 1986 Maid tbd
tbd The Twilight Zone (1985): Season 1 Sep 27, 1985 Inez 9.0
tbd T.J. Hooker: Season 2 Sep 25, 1982 Maria tbd