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Rosanne Katon

Rosanne Katon

Known for ActingBorn 1954-02-05 (age 72)New York City, New York, USA
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.Read more

Movies & web series

Casting10.0
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Casting

1983 · Movie

Police Story: The Watch Commander9.0
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Police Story: The Watch Commander

1988 · Movie

Rich8.5
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Rich

1983 · Movie

The City Girl8.0
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The City Girl

1984 · Movie

Good Times8.0
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Good Times

1974 · Series

Full House7.5
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Full House

1987 · Series

Grady7.5
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Grady

1975 · Series

Sanford and Son7.5
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Sanford and Son

1972 · Series

What's Happening!!7.4
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What's Happening!!

1976 · Series

Starsky & Hutch7.3
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Starsky & Hutch

1975 · Series

Autism: The Musical6.9
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Autism: The Musical

2007 · Movie

The Facts of Life7.1
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The Facts of Life

1979 · Series

Let's Do It Again7.0
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Let's Do It Again

1975 · Movie

That's My Mama7.0
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That's My Mama

1974 · Series

CHiPs6.9
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CHiPs

1977 · Series

Logan's Run6.8
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Logan's Run

1977 · Series

Ebony, Ivory & Jade6.8
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Ebony, Ivory & Jade

1976 · Movie

Bachelor Party6.3
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Bachelor Party

1984 · Movie

The Comeback Kid6.0
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The Comeback Kid

1980 · Movie

Illusions5.9
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Illusions

1982 · Movie

Motel Hell5.8
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Motel Hell

1980 · Movie

The Swinging Cheerleaders5.8
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The Swinging Cheerleaders

1974 · Movie

St. Elsewhere5.7
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St. Elsewhere

1982 · Series

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful5.6
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The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

1977 · Movie

Peter Gunn5.4
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Peter Gunn

1989 · Movie

Zapped!5.2
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Zapped!

1982 · Movie

The Muthers4.7
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The Muthers

1976 · Movie

Harem4.4
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Harem

1985 · Movie

Lunch Wagon4.2
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Lunch Wagon

1981 · Movie

Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy4.3
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Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy

1976 · Movie

Body and Soul4.0
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Body and Soul

1981 · Movie

Coach3.5
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Coach

1978 · Movie

Playboy's Playmates: The Early Years3.0
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Playboy's Playmates: The Early Years

1992 · Movie

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party1.0
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Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

1979 · Movie

The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
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The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20

2019 · Movie

The Death of Playboy Playmate
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The Death of Playboy Playmate

1995 · Movie

Police Story
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Police Story

1988 · Series