Dallas and The Jefferson actress Rosena Christiansen breathed her last. Teresa, best known for her role as the maid of honor for the final nine seasons of the wildly popular CBS primetime soap opera Dallas. Teresa Ewing looked after the family’s vast Southfork estate. According to The Hollywood Reporter, her husband Steven Rizzo told that Christian died on July 14 at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, California. The cause of death was not disclosed.
Many fans took to social media and paid tribute to the late actress.
Christiansen began appearing in David Jacobs’ television series for the sixth season in 1982 and lasted until its fourteenth and final season in 1991. She made an appearance in 112 episodes, with Tony Garcia’s butler Raul extending a helping hand. She portrayed a different maid in three episodes of the popular CBS sitcom “The Jeffersons” from 1981, just before Dallas. After Florence (Marla Gibbs) leaves, George (Sherman Hemsley) and Louise (Isabelle Sanford) recruit her character, Carmen. Gibbs did indeed leave the show to appear in her own spinoff, “Checking In”, but the sitcom only lasted four episodes, which allowed Gibbs to return to her position as Jefferson’s maidservant.
Rosena Campos, the fourth of four children, was born on March 11, 1951, at Bellevue Hospital in New York. When she was 9 years old, she and her brother Victor performed in an Off-Broadway play. He received his high school diploma from Mater Christi High School in Astoria, Queens, in 1969, and in 1973, he relocated to Los Angeles to pursue his acting ambitions.
He got his first significant break with “The Jeffersons”. Christian and Rizzo married in June 1989 after meeting at a Bible study in Culver City, close to the Sony studio where “Dallas” was recorded. Their children Josiah and Grace, as well as their sister Elba, are still alive. In Crawley, Texas, the Heritage of Faith Christian Center had a memorial ceremony on Saturday.
Christiansen was both an acting coach and a licensed pastor. Throughout his career, he has guided countless students through his school action! Acting, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter. “Many of her students refer to their private sessions as their ‘therapy sessions,'” her husband said. “Although her life was very short over the years, she spent enough time here to sow the seeds of love, encouragement, and beauty from everyone.”
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