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person_profile-Rosanne Katon

Rosanne Katon Age: 70

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Rosanne Katon

Date of Birth:

Feb 05, 1954

Country of birth:

USA

Biography of

Rosanne Katon

    Rosanne Katon is an American model, actress, comedian and activist. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its September 1978 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Mario Casilli.

    Katon was born in New York City to a Jamaican-born father and an African-American mother. Beginning in the mid-1970s, Katon worked steadily in Hollywood, including a stint on Grady, the short-lived spin-off of the hit situation comedy Sanford and Son that starred Whitman Mayo in the title role, and guest appearances on Jason of Star Command, What's Happening!!, Good Times and That's My Mama, which starred Clifton Davis. She then had leading roles in two Cirio Santiago action films, both released in 1976, Ebony, Ivory & Jade, in which she received top billing, and The Muthers, in which she acted alongside former Playboy centerfold Jean Bell. However, the shapely actress was often typecast in sex kitten roles in R-Rated comedies such as The Swinging Cheerleaders (1974), Chesty Anderson, U.S. Navy (1976), American Raspberry (1976), Lunch Wagon (1981), Zapped! (1982) and Bachelor Party (1984). This was solidified by her appearance as the September 1978 Playboy centerfold. She had a recurring role opposite Denzel Washington on the medical drama St. Elsewhere and her appearance in two award-winning UCLA student films, Julie Dash's "Illusions," released in 1982, in which she portrayed a singer doubling for a white actress in 1940s Hollywood (whether she did her own singing in the role was not known as of mid December 2012), and S. Torriano Berry's "Rich," in which she portrays the title character's supportive girlfriend. Her other film credits included the TV movie The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977), the cult horror film Motel Hell (1980), Body and Soul (1981), City Girl (1984) and Harem (1985), opposite Nastassja Kinski and Ben Kingsley.

    Katon was selected as Miss Golden Globes for the 1981 awards show. The honor and the task of presenting the statuettes during the ceremony goes to an up-and-coming actress. Katon was the first African American to be selected, since the custom started in 1962.

    Additionally, Katon has had several stage credits, including a Broadway lead role in Godspell and a featured role in the parody of women in prison movies, Women Behind Bars.

    At one point, Katon segued into the world of stand-up comedy, and during that period in her career, she appeared in the June 1991 Playboy pictorial "Funny Girls," which covered female comedians.

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Rosanne Katon

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Filmography of

Rosanne Katon

Found 18 Movies in total

Autism: The Musical

Herself ( Actor )

... 2007

Peter Gunn

Waitress ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1988

Harem

Judy ( Actor )

... 1985

Bachelor Party

Bridal Shower Hooker ( Actor )

... 1984

The City Girl

Ira ( Actor )

... 1984

Zapped!

Donna ( Actor )

... 1982

Body and Soul

Melody ( Actor )

... 1981

Lunch Wagon

Shannon ( Actor )

... 1981

Motel Hell

Suzi ( Actor )

... 1980

The Comeback Kid

Girl #3 ( Actor )

... 1980

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

Self (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1979

Coach

Sue ( Actor )

... 1978

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

April Garland ( Actor )

... 1977

Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy

Cocoa Daniels ( Actor )

... 1976

The Muthers

Angie ( Actor )

... 1976

Ebony, Ivory & Jade

Pam Rogers ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1974