Faith Minton
Faith Minton (born March 14, 1957) is an American television and film actress and stuntwoman.
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Born | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | March 14, 1957
Occupation | Actress, stuntwoman |
Years active | 1978–2007 |
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Minton has a stunt and wrestling background and is probably best known for her role as "Hurricane" Rosy Spelman in the 1979 action comedy film Temporale Rosy in 1980 opposite Gerard Depardieu, and as "Big Mama", a wrestler in the 1981 film ...All The Marbles, with Peter Falk, Laurene Landon and Vicki Frederick. In 1983, she appeared as the villain's henchwoman in the Italian action comedy Go for It, with David Huddleston and in a supporting role in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3, alongsides Paul Williams, Colleen Camp and Jerry Reed, and opposite Jackie Gleason and Mike Henry. She later guest starred in series such as Fantasy Island, Night Court, Simon & Simon, Knight Rider, V.I.P. and Murder, She Wrote (with William Windom).
Selected filmography
- 1978 Fantasy Island
- 1979 The Wanderers
- 1979 Temporale Rosy
- 1980 Cheech & Chong's Next Movie
- 1981 Simon & Simon
- 1981 ...All The Marbles
- 1981 Hill Street Blues
- 1983 Go for It
- 1983 Smokey and the Bandit Part 3
- 1984 Night Court
- 1984 Mike Hammer
- 1984 Murder, She Wrote
- 1985 Misfits of Science
- 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation
- 1987 Who’s That Girl?
- 1987 Hooperman
- 1988 Roseanne
- 1989 Santa Barbara, as Ilsa: she tried to frame Mack for stealing jewels from people at the fitness center
- 1989 Alien Nation
- 1991 Switch
- 1992 Stay Tuned
- 1992 Swordsman II, as the American dub version of Invisible Asia
- 1995 Sudden Death as Carla, one of the terrorists who took Civic Arena during a Stanley Cup Finals game.
- 1995 Unhappily Ever After
- 1998 V.I.P.
- 2001 Bubble Boy
- 2002 She Spies
- 2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
- 2006 Sons & Daughters
- 2007 Days of Our Lives
Stuntwork (extract)
- 1997 Batman & Robin
- 1986 Ruthless People
External links
- Faith Minton at IMDb
- Faith Minton at NowCasting.com
- Faith Minton at CineMorgue.Com