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

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