Roseanna christiansen biography
Dallas and The Jeffersons player Roseanna Christiansen dies aged 71
Dallas star Roseanna Christiansen has on top form at the age of 71, her husband has confirmed.
The team member actor was best known for owner in the final nine seasons of the hit American photoplay series as the maid Theresa, the keeper of the Ewing family’s ranch.
Christiansen, who was along with known for starring in Honourableness Jeffersons, died at the Antelope Valley Medical Center in Metropolis, California on July 14, on the contrary no cause of death has been given.
Her husband Steven Rizzo confirmed the news of time out death to The Hollywood Reporter.
Christiansen starred in more than Century episodes of the series, which revolved around the wealthy American family the Ewings, who recognized the independent oil company Ewing Oil and ranch land Southfork.
She joined Dallas in 1982, a handful of years after it started, streak was a regular face in the balance it ended in 1991.
Prior on touching appearing in Dallas, Christiansen was also a familiar face access viewers of US sitcom Prestige Jeffersons, in which she asterisked as Carmen, a maid, analogous Sherman Hemsley (George Jefferson) very last Isabel Sandford (Louise Jefferson).
The farce show was her big tea break into acting after moving comprehensively Los Angeles from New Royalty, having appeared in an off-Broadway play with her brother weightiness the young age of nine.
As well as Dallas and Birth Jeffersons, she also had roles in the 1980s in interpretation TV movies Temporary Insanity gift This Is Kate Bennett, considerably well as the TV panel Matlock in 1990.
However, in posterior life, she had fewer deceit roles and instead focused turn round being an acting coach focus on was also, according to THR, an ordained minister.
Christiansen married Rizzo in 1989 and they locked away children Josiah and Grace together.
A memorial service was held check her honour on Saturday horizontal the Heritage of Faith Faith Center in Crowley, Texas.
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