Latanne Rene "Tahnee" Welch (born December 26, 1961) is a former American model and actress and is the daughter of the actress

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Biography

Welch was born on December 26, 1961, in

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, California, the daughter of actress

and her first husband, James Welch.

Career

Welch's film career began in Italy starring opposite

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. She starred in

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's '' Cocoon'' and its sequel, '' Cocoon: The Return'', in which she portrayed an alien. She played the part of Princess Rosebud in the Golan Globus adaptation of ''Sleeping Beauty''. Returning to Europe, Welch worked mostly in Italian and German film and television productions. She appeared in American independent films '' I Shot Andy Warhol'', ''Sue'', and ''Search and Destroy''. She portrayed the role of Catherine Powell in the 1996 video game '' Ripper''. Welch posed on the cover and a nude pictorial in the November 1995 edition of ''

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''. Welch appeared in American ''

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'', ''Italian Vogue'', British '' GQ'', ''

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'', French ''

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'', Italian ''Moda'', and German ''

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'' magazines.

Filmography

*'' Amarsi un po'...'' (1984) *'' Cocoon'' (1985) *''

Sleeping Beauty "Sleeping Beauty" (, or ''The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood''; , or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess curse, cursed by an evil fairy to suspended animation in fi ...

'' (1987) *'' Lethal Obsession'' (1987) *''

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'' (1987–1988, 4 episodes) *'' Cocoon: The Return'' (1988) *''

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'' (1989) *''La bocca'' (1990) *''L'angelo con la pistola ( Angel with a Gun)'' (1992) *''The Criminal Mind'' (1993) *'' Night Train to Venice'' (1993) *'' Improper Conduct'' (1994) *''

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'' (1995) *'' I Shot Andy Warhol'' (1996) *'' Ripper'' (1996, interactive movie) *''Johnny 2.0'' (1997) *''Sue'' (1997) *''Black Light'' (1999) *'' Body and Soul'' (1999)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Welch, Tahnee 1961 births Living people Actresses from San Diego American people of Bolivian descent American people of English descent American female models American film actresses Female models from California Hispanic and Latino American actresses 21st-century American women