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Rosanne Katon
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Rosanne Katon
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1954-02-05,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

The Swinging Cheerleaders

5.8

The Swinging Cheerleaders
1974-09-25

5.8

Motel Hell
1980-08-14

Autism: The Musical

6.917

Autism: The Musical
2007-04-18

Ebony, Ivory & Jade

6.3

Ebony, Ivory & Jade
1976-09-24

4

Lunch Wagon
1981-09-01

4.731

The Muthers
1976-11-01

Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy

4

Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy
1976-11-01

Police Story: The Watch Commander

0

Police Story: The Watch Commander
1988-11-12

7

The City Girl
1984-02-17

The Comeback Kid

5.9

The Comeback Kid
1980-04-11

4.404

Harem
1985-11-06

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

1

Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party
1979-11-23

0

Casting
1983-05-17

7

Rich
1983-07-25

6.281

Bachelor Party
1984-06-29

5.209

Zapped!
1982-07-23

5.5

Illusions
1982-08-30

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

4.833

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful
1977-10-24

4.667

Peter Gunn
1989-04-23

3.2

Coach
1978-03-17

3.9

Body and Soul
1981-10-09

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

0

The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20
2019-10-18

The Death of Playboy Playmate

0

The Death of Playboy Playmate
1995-06-14

5.567

St. Elsewhere
1982-10-26

8

Good Times
1974-02-08

6.838

CHiPs
1977-09-15

Starsky & Hutch

7.3

Starsky & Hutch
1975-09-10

The Facts of Life

7.011

The Facts of Life
1979-08-24

What's Happening!!

7.5

What's Happening!!
1976-08-05

Sanford and Son

7.411

Sanford and Son
1972-01-14

7.5

Full House
1987-09-22

5

Grady
1975-12-04

7

That's My Mama
1974-09-04

6.656

Logan's Run
1977-09-16