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Rene Russo Biography (1954-)

Full name, Rene Marie Russo; born February 17, 1954, in Burbank, CA; daughterof Nino (an automobile mechanic and sculptor) and Shirley (a factory workerand bartender) Russo; married first husband, c. 1983 (divorced, c. 1984); married Dan Gilroy (a screenwriter), March 14, 1992; children: (second marriage)Rose. Addresses: Agent: Rick Nicita, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Manager: John Crosby, John Crosby Management, 8225 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046.; Publicist: Lisa Kasteler, Wolf-Kasteler-Van Iden and Associates, 335 North Maple Dr., Suite 351, Beverly Hills, CA 90210.

Nationality

American

Gender

Female

Occupation

Actress

Birth Details

February 17, 1954

Burbank, California

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Meanwhile in Santa Monica, 1988
• Lynn Wells, Major League, Paramount, 1989
• Cindy Jo Bumpers, Mr. Destiny, Buena Vista, 1990
• Rita Lewis, One Good Cop, Buena Vista, 1991
• Julie Redlund, Freejack, Warner Bros., 1992
• Lorna Cole, Lethal Weapon 3, Warner Bros., 1992
• Lilly Raines, In the Line of Fire, Columbia, 1993
• (Uncredited) Lynn Wells, Major League II, Warner Bros., 1994
• Dr. Roberta "Robby" Keough, Outbreak, Warner Bros., 1995
• Karen Flores, Get Shorty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
• Dr. Molly Griswold, Tin Cup, Warner Bros., 1996
• Kate Mullen, Ransom, Buena Vista, 1996
• Gertrude "Trudy" Lintz, Buddy, Columbia, 1997
• Lorna Cole, Lethal Weapon 4 (also known as Lethal 4), Warner Bros., 1998
• Catherine Olds Banning, The Thomas Crown Affair, United Artists, 1999
• Natasha Fatale, The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (also known as Die Abenteuer von Rocky und Bullwinkle), Universal, 2000
• Anna Herk, Big Trouble, Buena Vista, 2002
• Chase Renzi, Showtime, Warner Bros., 2002
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Eden Kendell, Sable, ABC, 1987-1988
• Specials
• Herself, Mel Gibson's Video Diary 2: Lethal Weapon 3, 1991
• Herself, In the Line of Fire: Behind the Scenes with the Secret Service, 1993
• Narrator, The Free Willy Story: Keiko's Journey Home (also known as Keiko's Story), The Discovery Channel and Animal Planet, 1996
• A Day with..., Lifetime, 1997
• Herself, The Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory--75 Years of Blockbusters, TNT, 1998
• Herself, The Warner Bros. Story: No Guts, No Glory--75 Years of Laughter, TNT, 1998
• A Home for the Holidays, CBS, 1999, 2002, 2003
• Herself, Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary, Comedy Central, 2003
• Awards Presentations
• Presenter, The 67th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1995
• Cohost, A Salute to Clint Eastwood (also known as The AmericanFilm Institute Salute to Clint Eastwood and The 24th American Film Institute Life Achievement Award: A Salute to Clint Eastwood), ABC, 1996
• Episodic
• Guest, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1997
• Guest, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1999, 2002
• Guest, Good Morning America (also known as GMA), ABC, 2002
• Guest, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2002
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• (As Renee Russo) Herself, In the Line of Fire: The Ultimate Sacrifice, 2000
• Music Videos
• "Lady Luck," by the Brian Setzer Orchestra, 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Books

• Newsmakers 2000, Issue 2, Gale, 2000

Periodicals

• Chicago Tribune, April 2, 1995, section 13, p. 18
• Detroit Free Press, October 22, 1995, p. P6
• Empire (Great Britain), Issue 82, 1996, p. 62
• Entertainment Weekly, December 18, 1998; September 13, 1999, pp. 104-105
• Harper's Bazaar, September, 1991, pp. 76, 184
• Los Angeles Magazine, August, 1999, p. 134
• Los Angeles Times, March 5, 1995, calendar section, p. 5
• Movieline, June, 1999, p. 42
• Newsday, March 5, 1995; August 1, 1999
• Newsweek, March 27, 1995, pp. 64-65
• New York Times, June 7, 1992, section 2, p. 14
• People Weekly, September 2, 1996, p. 110; November 4, 1996, pp. 142-44, 146; September 13, 1999, p. 104
• Redbook, August, 1998, pp. 94-98
• Time, August 9, 1999, p. 67
• Vogue, January, 2000, pp. 180, 231