Roseanna Christiansen, who took care of the Ewing family’s vast Southfork ranch as the maid Teresa in the final nine seasons of the CBS blockbuster Dallas, has died. She is 71 years old.
Christianen died July 14 at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, California, her husband, Steven Rizzo, said The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death has been revealed.
Christianen joined the series created by David Jacobs in 1982 for a sixth season and continued through to the 14th and final season in 1991. She recurred on 112 episodes, with Tony Garcia as the butler Raoul helping the character. hers.
Shortly before Dallasshe played another maid in three 1981 episodes of another hit CBS show, Jeffersons.
Her character, Carmen, is hired by George (Sherman Hemsley) and Louise (Isabel Sanford) after Florence (Marla Gibbs) quits. In fact, Gibbs came out to star in her spin-off film, Registerbut that sitcom only lasted four episodes, paving the way for Gibbs to return to maid duties Jeffersons.
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The fourth of four children, Roseanna Campos was born at Bellevue Hospital in New York on March 11, 1951. She appeared in an off-Broadway play with her brother, Victor, when she was 9 years old.
She graduated from Mater Christi High School in Astoria, Queens in 1969, then moved to Los Angeles in 1973 to pursue her dream of becoming an actress. Her first big break comes with Jeffersons.
Christianen met Rizzo at a bible study in Culver City, not far from Sony Studios, where Dallas was filmed, and they married in June 1989. The survivors also have their children, Josiah and Grace, and her sister, Elba.
A memorial service was held Saturday at the Heritage of Faith Christian Center in Crowley, Texas.
Christianen is an ordained minister and an acting coach. Through her school act! Regarding acting, she has guided thousands of students throughout her career.
“Many of her students refer to their private sessions as ‘therapy sessions,’” says her husband. to plant seeds of love, encouragement, and beauty in everyone she meets.”
