Teresa Parente

Teresa Parente is an American actress and singer.

Career

She is best known for her recurrent role on the Fox Broadcasting Company's sitcom '' Married... with Children'' as hapless television reporter "Miranda Veracruz de la Jolla Cardinal", whose catchphrase was simply saying her name. She played more than forty different female characters, including the show's main love interest, on the Brandon Tartikoff/PBS comedy series, ''The Steven Banks Show,'' and has guest-starred on many other American television series, including ''Night Court'', ''L.A. Law'', '' Cafe Americain'', ''Friends'', and ''3rd Rock from the Sun''. In 2002, she debuted as a feature film actress in New Line Cinema's ''S1m0ne,'' written and directed by Andrew Niccol and starring Al Pacino. Shortly thereafter, she was cast as Anthony LaPaglia's suicidal mother (in flashback) on CBS's ''Without a Trace,'' appearing in three episodes of the series. She was female lead Roxanne Bojarski's mother in multiple episodes of the NBC dramatic series ''American Dreams'', and in 2006, she narrowly escaped death in a hail of gunfire on CBS's drama series ''Numb3rs''.

Parente is a stage actress, singer and performer in many TV and radio commercials. She is currently singing jazz at Los Angeles venues as a featured soloist with ''Concert Choirs'' (most recently with the ''Hollywood Master Chorale''), and she gives private performances featuring jazz gems and selections from the Great American Songbook. In 2008, she formed the ''Sisters of Swing'' (S.O.S), an ''Andrews Sisters''-style girl group.

Personal life

Widow of actor/writer/producer Mark Ritts, she has a daughter and son. She is a native of The Bronx, New York.

Filmography

*''SpongeBob SquarePants'' as SpongeBob's opera voice (1 episode, 2011)
*''Numb3rs'' as Denise Davis (1 episode, 2006)
*''Without a Trace'' as A.S.A.C. Doris Malone (2 episodes, 2004–2005)
*''Judging Amy'' as Joan Vento (1 episode, 2004)
*''American Dreams'' as Mrs. Bojarsky (1 episode, 2004)
*''Less Than Perfect'' as Cranky Receptionist in Sperm Bank (1 episode, 2003)
*''American Dreams'' as Lenore Bojarski (1 episode, 2002)
*''S1m0ne'' (2002) as Talk Show Host #1
*''Friends'' as the Woman at Wedding (1 episode, 2001)
*''Strong Medicine'' as Maya Chavez (1 episode, 2001)
*'' Gepetto'' as Maria (2000) (TV)
*''The Wonderful World of Disney'' as Maria (1 episode, 2000)
*''Sabrina, the Teenage Witch'' as Miss Sorecorn (1 episode, 2000)
*''Malcolm & Eddie'' as Cassandra 'Caz' DeVille (1 episode, 2000)
*'' Shark in a Bottle'' (1998) as the Saleswoman
*''CatDog'' as Maria Cowess / Mrs. Banks (1 episode, 1999)
*''The Hughleys'' as Mrs. Inez (1 episode, 1998)
*''3rd Rock from the Sun'' as Dahlia (1 episode, 1998)
*'' Married... with Children'' as Miranda Veracruz de la Jolla Cardinal (9 episodes, 1994–1996)
*''Vanishing Son'' as Elaine Ross (1 episode, 1995)
*'' The Steven Banks Show'' as Mariana (1 episode, 1994)
*'' Cafe Americain'' as Cecile (1 episode, 1993)
*''Night Court'' as Mary Theresa Schiavelli (1 episode, 1991)

References

External links

Teresa Parente's Official website
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Living people
1955 births
Entertainers from the Bronx
American television actresses
American stage actresses
American film actresses
21st-century American women

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