![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: November 1, 1958 in Bronx, New York City, NY Biography:Born and raised in the Bronx, Puerto Rican character actress Rachel Ticotin often appears as a police officer, prison guard, or other strong female with a physically demanding job. Ticotin learned to discipline her body while training as a ballet dancer with the Ballet Hispanico of New York. She made her film debut as a dancer in the 1978 film King of the Gypsies. During the late '70s, she worked as a production assistant on various films and acted off-Broadway. One of her stage credits includes Miguel PiƱero's The Sun Always Shines for the Cool.
In 1981, she appeared opposite Paul Newman in the feature film Fort Apache, the Bronx. She then moved to television for regular roles on the NBC military drama For Love and Honor (1983) and the ABC crime drama O'Hara (1987). Other television projects included Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (1991), Crime & Punishment (1993), and Gargoyles (1994). On... Full Biography
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