Theresa Russell

Theresa Russell (born Theresa Paup on 20 March 1957) is an American actress.

Biography

Career

Russell began modelling at the age of 12 (when she was discovered by a photographer) and made her film debut in 1976 in The Last Tycoon, starring Robert De Niro. Russell has since appeared in such films as Straight Time (1978), Bad Timing (1980), Black Widow (1987), Impulse (1990), and The Believer (2001). Russell recently appeared in Spider-Man 3 as the wife of Flint Marko (Thomas Haden Church).

Personal life

Russell was born in San Diego, California and attended Burbank High School. She married English film director Nicolas Roeg (born 1928), in 1982 (they have since divorced), and has two children, and . Pete Townshend of The Who admits that Russell was the inspiration for their song, Athena, which was first called Theresa. She lives in California.

Filmography

• The Last Tycoon (1976)
• Straight Time (1978)
• Blind Ambition (1979)
• Bad Timing (1980)
• The Razor's Edge (1984)
• Unsane (1984) dubbing Daria Nicolodi
• Eureka (1984)
• Insignificance (1985)
• Black Widow (1987)
• Aria (1987)
• Track 29 (1988)
• Physical Evidence (1989)
• Impulse (1990)
• Kafka (1991)
• Whore (1991 film) (1991)
• Cold Heaven (1991)
• Being Human (1993)
• A Woman's Guide to Adultery (Made for TV) (1993)
• Thicker Than Water (Made for TV) (1993)
• The Flight of the Dove (a.k.a. The Spy Within) (1994)
• A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1995)
• The Grotesque (1995)
• Hotel Paradise (1995)
• Trade Off (Made for TV) (1995)
• Public Enemies (1996)
• Once You Meet a Stranger (1996)
• The Proposition (1997)
• Running Woman (1998)
• Wild Things (1998)
• Luckytown Blues (2000)
• Now & Forever (2001)
• The Believer (2001)
• The House Next Door (2001)
• Earth vs. the Spider (Made for TV) (2001)
• Project Viper (2002)
• Passionada (2002)
• The Box (2003/I)
• Save It for Later (2003)
• Love Comes Softly (2003) (TV)
• Empire Falls (2005) (mini) TV Series
• Blind Injustice (2005) (TV)
• Live to Ride (2005)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)

References