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Shera Danese
Hartsdale - New York - USA
Shera Danese (born October 9, 1949, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) is an American actress and the widow of actor Peter Falk. Biography Danese was born in Hartsdale, New York. Her acting…
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Shera Danese (born October 9, 1949, height 5' 7" (1,70 m)) is an American actress and the widow of actor Peter Falk. Biography Danese was born in Hartsdale, New York. Her acting career began in 1976 with a part in one episode of One Day at a Time. Her other television credits include roles on Serpico, Baretta, Three's Company, Kojak, Family, Hart to Hart, Starsky and Hutch and Charlie's Angels. In one of her few roles on the big screen, she played a prostitute named Vicky in Risky Business, the 1983 film starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. Danese had a major role in three of the six Columbo episodes in which she appeared. She was never the killer, but she helped plan the murder in the episode: A Trace of Murder - 25th Anniversary Movie. She has the distinction of having acted in more episodes of Columbo than any other actress (but not actor). She met star Peter Falk on the show, and became his second wife on December 7, 1977. They were married for nearly 34 years until June 23, 2011, when Falk died at the age of 83.
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2006
Checking Out
Movie Rhonda Apple
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2006
Alpha Dog
Movie Abby
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2004
Who's Your Daddy?
Movie Honey Mack
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2002
John Q
Movie Wife of Heart Transplant Patient
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2000
Enemies of Laughter
Movie Helen
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1994
Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin
TV show self
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1993
The Magic Bubble
Movie Letty
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1987
Baby Boom
Movie Cloak Room Attendant
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1986
The Ladies Club
Movie Eva
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1983
Sparkling Cyanide
Movie Christine Shannon
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1983
Risky Business
Movie Vicki
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1983
Ace Crawford, Private Eye
TV show Luana
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1983
Your Place... or Mine?
Movie
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1982
The Million Dollar Infield
Movie Bunny Wahl
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1980
The Love Tapes
Movie Susan
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1979
Hart to Hart
TV show Carla
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1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Movie Self (uncredited)
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1978
Fame
Movie Lucia
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1977
New York, New York
Movie Doyle's Girl in Major Chord
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1977
Three's Company
TV show Barmaid
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1976
Having Babies
Movie Kristy Potter
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1975
Starsky & Hutch
TV show Nicole Monk
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1975
Medical Story
TV show Kitty
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1973
Kojak
TV show Sally Centorini
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1971
Columbo
TV show Eve Plummer
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A Trace of Murder
Movie Cathleen Calvert
