Victims for Victims: The Theresa Saldana Story
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Karen Arthur
Barbara Tarbuck
Joe Horvath
Carol Ann Williams
Haunani Minn
Ken Phillips
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Synopsis
Actress Theresa Saldana played herself, recreating her nearly fatal attack by a crazed fan in 1982, not long after starring with Robert DeNiro as Jake LaMotta's sister in Raging Bull," and then trying to survive emotionally the trauma which followed and sebsequently becoming spokesperson for the organization called Victims for Victims.
In addition to its graphic depiction of the actress' attack and the boldness with which it showed her scarred body, the film offered one of the rare cases in which a performer played himself or herself in an autobiographical manner. Sophia Loren had done it on television earlier (ironically, Theresa Saldana played Loren's sister) and Audi Murphy had done it in films in the '50s. An Emmy nomination went to Bob Norin for his startlingly realistic makeup.
Director
Karen Arthur
Cast
Barbara Tarbuck
Joe Horvath
Carol Ann Williams
Haunani Minn
Ken Phillips
Ken Hill
Jane Marla Robbins
Mariclare Costello
Conroy Gedeon
William Allen Young
Linda Carlson
Sylvia Walden
Theresa Saldana
Theresa Depaolo
Eugene Keller
Angela Moya
Eileen Saki
Peter Kwong
Betty Caulfield
James Purcell
Adrian Zmed
Stanley Kamel
Eleanor Zee
Estelle Getty
Arva Holt
John Mahon
Philip English
Joel Nessa
Patricia Mcaneny
Pierrino Mascarino
Lelia Goldoni
Lawrence Pressman
Gloria Carlin
Jan Burrell
Frantz Turner
Kate Charleson
Crew
Marilyn Bradfield
Paul Chihara
Janis Clark
Steve Dawson
Denita Del Signore
Terri Fricon
Susanne Gervay
Maury Harris
Rich Harrison
Arthur Heinemann
Dale Henry
Jan Kiesser
Jeannie Laughlin
Mick Mcafee
John Mick
Millie Moore
Stanley Neufeld
Bob Norin
Tom Numbers
Daniel L. Paulson
Jerry Rogers
Steven Rosenbloom
Barbara Rosing Hoke
Bonnie Scott
Harry R Sherman
Ralph Singleton
Loehr Spivey
Barbara Stohlman
Ramona Teisan
Gerry Wade
Norman A Webster
Grace Wilson
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Aired in United States November 12, 1984
