Edith Diaz

Actress

October 23, 1949 (60 years)

† December 19, 2009

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Biography

Edith Diaz (October 23, 1949 – December 19, 2009) was a Puerto Rican actress known for the roles in film, television, and stage. She co-founded the Screen Actors Guild's Ethnic Minorities Committee in 1972.

Filmography

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

Emma

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

7.5

Quincy, M.E.

Maria Sanchez

Los Angeles County medical examiner Quincy routinely engages in police investigations.

5.7

St. Elsewhere

Morena

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 Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

7.4

Barney Miller

Mrs. Rodriguez

Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a band of detectives who gamble, hit on anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing. Nearly all of the action takes place in the squad room where citizens and criminals are brought in to complicate the mix.

7.2

Kojak

Celia Ortez

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.

7.8

All in the Family

Serafina Mendoza

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.

6.8

Sister Act

Choir Nun

When lively lounge singer Deloris sees her mobster beau commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, she proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters.

5.0

Medical Story

Medical Story is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from September 4, 1975, until January 8, 1976. Police Story's producers probe the medical world! Result: strong medicine!

6.4

Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

Choir Nun

Deloris Van Cartier is again asked to don the nun's habit to help a run-down Catholic school, presided over by Mother Superior. And if trying to reach out to a class full of uninterested students wasn't bad enough, the sisters discover that the school is due to be closed by the unscrupulous chief of a local authority.

7.0

Born on the Fourth of July

Madame - Villa Dulce

Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.

6.2

Nick of Time

Irene (Domestic Maintenance)

An ordinary man is suddenly forced into a plot to kill a politician in exchange for his kidnapped daughter's freedom.

6.0

The Fan

Elvira

When the San Francisco Giants pay center-fielder, Bobby Rayburn $40 million to lead their team to the World Series, no one is happier or more supportive than #1 fan, Gil Renard. When Rayburn becomes mired in the worst slump of his career, the obsessed Renard decides to stop at nothing to help his idol regain his former glory—not even murder.

5.0

The Pirate

Ben Ezra's Wife

An Israeli man, raised by a wealthy and powerful Arab, comes into conflict with his heritage when he is entrusted with managing his country's oil fortunes and must deal with a fanatical terrorist group led by his daughter.

3.7

Theodore Rex

Ella

In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking dinosaur to find the killer of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals leading them to a mad scientist bent on creating a new Armageddon.

4.5

The Pirate

Ben Ezra's Wife

8.7

The Gun

Gloria

The odyssey of an American handgun and the dramatic way it reshapes the lives of its various owners.

4.8

Brute Corps

Lupe

A hippy couple travelling cross country run foul of a band of mercenaries.

5.4

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills

Rosa

A wealthy Beverly Hills resident who has just become a widow, Clare Lipkin temporarily takes on her friend Lisabeth as a house guest. As the two women deal with their upper-class woes, Clare's driver, Frank, and Lisabeth's servant, Juan, make a wager to see who can be the first to seduce the other's boss.

6.0

Cage Without a Key

Angel Perez

A high school girl who needs a ride accepts one from a boy she doesn't know. He then forces her to participate in a robbery, in which a clerk is killed. They are soon caught, and the girl, despite her protestations of innocence, is convicted of first-degree murder and sent to prison. Once she gets there, she finds out that her troubles are just beginning.

8.0

The Millionaire

Linda

Three people's lives are drastically changed when they are suddenly given one million dollars each by an eccentric billionaire in this pilot to a prospective new series which the producers hoped would equal the success of the original one that ran from 1955 to 1960.