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.

Known For: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, USA, 1954-02-05

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1974	The Swinging Cheerleaders	Lisa	58
2	1976	Ebony, Ivory & Jade	Pam Rogers	63
3	1976	The Muthers	Angie	47
4	1976	Chesty Anderson U.S. Navy	Cocoa Daniels	40
5	1977	The Night They Took Miss Beautiful	April Garland	48
6	1978	Coach	Sue	32
7	1979	Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party	Self (uncredited)	10
8	1980	The Comeback Kid	Girl #3	59
9	1980	Motel Hell	Suzi	58
10	1981	Lunch Wagon	Shannon	40
11	1981	Body and Soul	Melody	39
12	1982	Zapped!	Donna	52
13	1982	Illusions	Esther Jeter	55
14	1983	Casting	Woman of the cast	0
15	1983	Rich	Donna	0
16	1984	The City Girl	Ira	70
17	1984	Bachelor Party	Bridal Shower Hooker	63
18	1985	Harem	Judy	44
19	1988	Police Story: The Watch Commander	Janice	0
20	1989	Peter Gunn	Waitress	47
21	1995	The Death of Playboy Playmate		0
22	2007	Autism: The Musical	Herself	69
23	2019	The Death of a Playmate: The Dorothy Stratten Story 20/20		0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1972	Sanford and Son		74
2	1974	Good Times		80
3	1974	That's My Mama		70
4	1975	Starsky & Hutch		73
5	1975	Grady	Laurie Marshall	50
6	1976	What's Happening!!		75
7	1977	CHiPs		68
8	1977	Logan's Run		65
9	1979	The Facts of Life		70
10	1982	St. Elsewhere		55
11	1987	Full House		75

Rosanne Katon

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