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Shera Danese is a Actor American born on 9 october 1949 at Hartsdale (USA)

Shera Danese

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Nationality USA
Birth 9 october 1949 (74 years) at Hartsdale (USA)

Shera Danese (born October 9, 1949) is an American actress and the widow of actor Peter Falk.

Biography

Life and career
Danese was born in Hartsdale, New York. Her acting career began in 1976 with a part in one episode of One Day at a Time. Her other television credits include roles on Serpico, Baretta, Three's Company, Kojak, Family, Hart to Hart, Starsky and Hutch and Charlie's Angels. In one of her few roles on the big screen, she played a prostitute named Vicky in Risky Business, the 1983 film starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay.

Danese had a major role in three of the six Columbo episodes in which she appeared. These include the 1976 Columbo movie Fade in to Murder, 1978's Murder Under Glass, 1989's Murder, a Self Portrait, 1991's Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star, 1994's Columbo: Undercover and, lastly in 1997, Columbo: A Trace of Murder. She was never the killer, but she helped plan the murder in the episode A Trace of Murder - 25th Anniversary Movie. She has the distinction of having acted in more episodes of Columbo than any other actress (but not actor).


Personal life
Shera met star Peter Falk on the TV series Columbo and became his second wife on December 7, 1977. They were married for nearly 34 years. Peter, previously diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, died on the evening of June 23, 2011, peacefully, at his home in Beverly Hills, California. He had been suffering from pneumonia. He was age 83.

Shera had a strained relationship with Catherine, Falk's daughter that he adopted while married to first wife, Alyce Mayo. Radar Online once reported that "the actor had been estranged from Catherine for some time, and suspected that she would challenge the will -- so a clause is present to ensure she loses all of her inheritance, if she in any way contests his instructions.

"Peter's daughter Catherine had a very strained relationship with her stepmother, Shera, for years, and tried to get conservatorship of Peter several years ago," the source adds. But it was proven that Shera was giving her husband "excellent care" so that Shera continued to be the main caregiver of Peter and had control of his multimillion dollar estate. Peter left his estate including his collection of artwork to Shera, his estate reported to be worth about five million. He also left millions to both Catherine and Jackie, his adopted daughters.

Quotes About the Marriage of Shera and Peter Falk: "Unlike the uxorious Lieutenant Columbo, Falk's relationship with his second wife, the actress Sheralyn Danese, remained unpredictable. So frequent were their numerous break ups and reconciliations that they were known in Hollywood as the 'Fighting Falks'. 'She makes me laugh,' Falk said of his 23-year-old wife, 'but if I had to say what we had in common I guess it would be that we both like the colour blue.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Shera Danese (7 films)

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Actress

Alpha Dog
Alpha Dog (2006)
, 1h57
Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Historical, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Dominique Swain, Bruce Willis, Shawn Hatosy, Olivia Wilde
Rating68% 3.448433.448433.448433.448433.44843
Johnny Truelove is a young marijuana dealer living in Southern California. His father, Sonny, supplies him with marijuana, which Johnny distributes to his gang of friends, including Jake Mazursky, who owes Johnny a $1,200 drug debt. Mazursky makes a failed attempt at asking his father, Butch, and stepmother Olivia for the money. Meanwhile, Butch and Olivia are dealing with their rebellious teenage son Zack- Jake's half-brother. A fight breaks out between Jake and Johnny when Jake tries to pay Johnny only part of his debt. After back and forth retaliation, Johnny and his two henchmen, Frankie Ballenbacher and Tiko Martinez, go to confront Jake in person, but when they go to his house he is nowhere to be found. As they leave, they find Zack walking and decide to kidnap him with the intent of holding onto him until Jake pays his debt.
Who's Your Daddy?, 1h45
Directed by Andy Fickman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Kadeem Hardison, Christine Lakin, Marnette Patterson, Robert Ri'chard, Lin Shaye, Charlie Talbert
Rating47% 2.3545652.3545652.3545652.3545652.354565
Chris Hughes (Davis), an adopted and geeky Ohio high school senior, discovers that his recently deceased birth parents are the proprietors of a vast pornography empire and he is the inherited heir. Dropped into a bitter power struggle, his new flock of beautiful co-workers come to his aid.
Risky Business, 1h38
Directed by Paul Brickman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Transgender in film, Erotic thriller films, Teen movie, LGBT-related films, Films about virginity, LGBT-related film
Actors Tom Cruise, Rebecca De Mornay, Joe Pantoliano, Sean Penn, Richard Masur, Bronson Pinchot
Roles Vicki
Rating67% 3.398713.398713.398713.398713.39871
Joel Goodson is a normal high school student who lives with his wealthy parents in the North Shore area of suburban Chicago. His father wants him to attend Princeton University, his alma mater, so Joel participates in Future Enterprisers, an extracurricular activity in which students work in teams to create small businesses.
Sparkling Cyanide, 1h40
Directed by Robert Michael Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Anthony Andrews, Deborah Raffin, Pamela Bellwood, Nancy Marchand, Josef Sommer, David Huffman
Roles Christine Shannon
Rating59% 2.950892.950892.950892.950892.95089
Elvire Morenkova a tout ce dont on peut rêver. Elle est belle, riche, et c'est une star de cinéma. Pourtant, l'actrice adulée par son public met fin à ses jours en plein tournage. Le commissaire Laurence entreprend alors d'étudier sa vie d'un peu plus près et d'y chercher les failles qui pourraient expliquer son geste. Elvire était immensément riche et collectionnait les amants. Elle était détestée par les autres femmes. Au fil de l'enquête, la commissaire comprend que les mobiles pour le meurtre de la belle Elvire ne manquaient pas. Pendant ce temps, le tournage continue, et Avril, qui n'a peur de rien, passe le casting pour remplacer la star, défunte…