Shera Danese
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2006 · Alpha Dog as Abby
- 2005 · Checking Out as Rhonda Apple
- 2004 · Who's Your Daddy? as Honey Mack
- 2002 · John Q as Wife of Heart Transplant Patient
- 2000 · Enemies of Laughter as Helen
- 1994 · Exclusiv - Das Star-Magazin as self
- 1987 · Baby Boom as Cloak Room Attendant
- 1986 · The Ladies Club as Eva
- 1983 · Sparkling Cyanide as Christine Shannon
- 1983 · Risky Business as Vicki
- 1983 · Your Place... or Mine? as
- 1982 · The Million Dollar Infield as Bunny Wahl
- 1980 · The Love Tapes as Susan
- 1979 · The Muppets Go Hollywood as Self
- 1978 · Fame as Lucia
- 1977 · New York, New York as Doyle's Girl in Major Chord
- 1977 · Three's Company as Barmaid
- 1976 · Having Babies as Kristy Potter
- 1973 · Kojak as Sally Centorini
- 1971 · Columbo as Eve Plummer
- 1971 · Columbo as Geraldine Ferguson
- 1971 · Columbo as Cathleen Calvert
- 1971 · Columbo as Trish Fairbanks
- 1971 · Columbo as Vanessa Barsini
- 1971 · Columbo as Molly