Rosanne Katon

Rosanne Katon

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.

  • Title: Rosanne Katon
  • Popularity: 4.992
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1954-02-05
  • Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
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Rosanne Katon Movies

  • 1974
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    The Swinging Cheerleaders

    The Swinging Cheerleaders

    6 1974 HD

    In order to write an expose on how cheerleading demeans women, a reporter for a college newspaper infiltrates the cheerleading squad.

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  • 1980
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    Motel Hell

    Motel Hell

    5.8 1980 HD

    Farmer Vincent Smith and his sister Ida run a motel attached to a farm where they capture unsuspecting travelers, bury them alive, fatten them up and...

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  • 2007
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    Autism: The Musical

    Autism: The Musical

    6.9 2007 HD

    Follows five autistic children as they work together to create and perform a live musical production.

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  • 1976
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    Ebony, Ivory & Jade

    Ebony, Ivory & Jade

    6.3 1976 HD

    An American track team has just arrived in The Philippines for an international competition. Among the competitors are Ginger and Pam, nicknamed...

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  • 1981
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    Lunch Wagon

    Lunch Wagon

    4.2 1981 HD

    Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from a competitor.

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  • 1976
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    The Muthers

    The Muthers

    4.9 1976 HD

    A band of female pirates go undercover at a prison camp on a coffee plantation to rescue their leader's sister.

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  • 1976
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    Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy

    Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy

    4 1976 HD

    When one of her friends goes missing, Chesty and several fellow WAVEs go looking for her and end up in a world of senatorial corruption and Mafia...

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  • 1988
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    Police Story: The Watch Commander

    Police Story: The Watch Commander

    1 1988 HD

    This is the story of policeman who has been on the job for over forty years. And one of his duties is to look out for all of the officers under him...

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  • 1984
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    The City Girl

    The City Girl

    7 1984 HD

    A female photographer who is engaged to a businessman investigates a cult in the local club scene. By living out some of her sexual fantasies, she...

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  • 1980
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    The Comeback Kid

    The Comeback Kid

    6 1980 HD

    A down-on his-luck baseball pitcher finds a new set of rewards coaching a gang of underprivileged youngsters and romancing a career-oriented...

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  • 1985
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    Harem

    Harem

    4.6 1985 HD

    Diane is a sophisticated trainee on the New York Stock Exchange who is suddenly kidnapped and held captive in a North African desert hideaway by...

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  • 1979
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    Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

    Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party

    1 1979 HD

    Hugh Hefner invites you to Playboy’s Roller Disco and Pajama Party! With your host, Richard Dawson!

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  • 1983
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    Casting

    Casting

    1 1983 HD

    A famous director wants to make a film about true love, the kind his grandparents experienced when they lived together for 60 years. For this...

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  • 1983
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    Rich

    Rich

    1 1983 HD

    A young man living in the inner city, runs into conflicts with his mother when he decides to pursue a college education instead of accepting an offer...

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  • 1984
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    Bachelor Party

    Bachelor Party

    6.285 1984 HD

    On the eve of his wedding to his longtime girlfriend, unassuming nice guy Rick is dragged out for a night of debauchery by his friends.

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  • 1982
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    Zapped!

    Zapped!

    5.2 1982 HD

    Peyton and Barney are fun loving high school students working on a science project with white mice. When one of the mice begins to move food toward...

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  • 1982
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    Illusions

    Illusions

    5.5 1982 HD

    A woman in a Hollywood dubbing studio struggles with race and preconceptions.

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  • 1977
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    The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

    The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

    5.6 1977 HD

    Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also kidnapped a government agent carrying a dangerous...

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  • 1989
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    Peter Gunn

    Peter Gunn

    4.6 1989 HD

    Peter Gunn, a connoisseur of beautiful women and cool jazz, is an ex-cop turned private eye who's caught in the middle of a dangerous gang war.

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  • 1978
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    Coach

    Coach

    3.6 1978 HD

    A young, blonde and beautiful woman is hired to coach a team of underachieving basketball players and against all odds, leads them to victory.

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  • 1981
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    Body and Soul

    Body and Soul

    3.9 1981 HD

    A young man struggles to become a boxing champ, but success blinds him. It is only through the love of his girlfriend that he is brought back to...

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  • 1982
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    St. Elsewhere

    St. Elsewhere

    5.4 1982 HD

    St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed...

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  • 1974
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    Good Times

    Good Times

    7.938 1974 HD

    Good Times is an American sitcom that originally aired from February 8, 1974, until August 1, 1979, on the CBS television network. It was created by...

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  • 1977
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    CHiPs

    CHiPs

    6.8 1977 HD

    Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main characters are Jon Baker and Frank Poncherello, two...

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  • 1975
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    Starsky & Hutch

    Starsky & Hutch

    7.2 1975 HD

    Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch' Hutchinson, to protect citizens and patrol the...

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  • 1979
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    The Facts of Life

    The Facts of Life

    7.011 1979 HD

    The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest...

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  • 1976
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    What's Happening!!

    What's Happening!!

    7.44 1976 HD

    What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series....

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  • 1972
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    Sanford and Son

    Sanford and Son

    7.442 1972 HD

    The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

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  • 1987
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    Full House

    Full House

    7.5 1987 HD

    After the death of his wife, Danny enlists his best friend and his brother-in-law to help raise his three daughters, D.J., Stephanie, and Michelle.

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  • 1975
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    Grady

    Grady

    5 1975 HD

    Grady is an spin-off of the sitcom, Sanford and Son. In this series, Fred Sanford's widower friend Grady moves out of Watts and moves in with his...

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  • 1974
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    That's My Mama

    That's My Mama

    7 1974 HD

    Clifton Curtis has got it made—he runs a successful business he inherited from his late father and he's lucky with the the ladies—but he...

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  • 1977
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    Logan's Run

    Logan's Run

    6.5 1977 HD

    In a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary.

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