Theresa russell biography
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Theresa Russell
American actress
Theresa Lynn Russell (néePaup; born March 20, 1957)[1] is an American actress whose career spans over four decades.
Theresa russell biography
Her filmography includes over 50 feature films, ranging from mainstream to independent and experimental films.
Born in San Diego, Russell was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Burbank, where she had a turbulent upbringing marked by poverty, and dropped out of high school at age 16.
Russell subsequently began modeling, which brought her to the attention of film producer Sam Spiegel. Through Spiegel, she was cast in Elia Kazan's The Last Tycoon (1976), playing the daughter of a prominent film executive.
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In 1978, Russell starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in the critically-acclaimed crime drama Straight Time. Her next role was a lead in English filmmaker Nicolas Roeg's controversial thriller Bad Timing (1980), which earned critical praise.
Russell and Roeg began a romance while shooting the film, and it marked on