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Hello fans,

Rachel Ticotin has been acting for over 30 years, and has a long list of credits that include such films as Total Recall and Con Air. Nowadays, her name still appears in film and television credits. Find out what she has been doing in recent years...read on!

Take care,
Melissa

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Sheryl Lee Ralph: She has been seen in the TV series "It's A Living", "Designing Women" and "Moesha", as well as the Broadway musical "Dreamgirls"

Ben Cross: Starred in the movie "Chariots of Fire" as Harold Abrahams, played Prince Malagant in the movie "First Knight"

David Dukes: Played Wade Halsey on the TV series "Sisters", appeared in the TV mini-series "The Winds of War" and "War and Remembrance" and the movie "Gods and Monsters"
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Rachel Ticotin
Learn More About Rachel Ticotin on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: November 1, 1958, The Bronx, New York

CLAIM TO FAME: She is best known for her roles in films like Total Recall and Con Air.

FAMILY LIFE: In 1983, Ticotin married actor David Caruso, with whom she had a daughter, Greta, born June 1, 1984. In 1989, she divorced Caruso and has been married to Peter Strauss since 1998.

INFO: Ticotin made her film debut in 1978's King of the Gypsies. Her big break came in 1981 when she was cast as Isabella opposite Paul Newman in the movie Fort Apache, The Bronx. In 1983, she appeared in a regular role on NBC's television drama Love and Honor.

Her other television credits include Ohara (1987), Women on the Inside (1991), Crime & Punishment (1993), and Gargoyles (1994).

She appreared in several movies in the late 1980s and 1990s, including Critical Condition (1986), Total Recall (1990), Where The Day Takes You (1992), Falling Down (1993), Don Juan DeMarco (1995), and Con Air (1997).

TRIVIA: Her sister, Nancy Ticotin, is also an actress.

Her brother, Sahaj, is a musician and the lead singer for his rock group, Ra.

Grew up in the Bronx, where she received her primary and secondary education.

Her parents enrolled her in the Ballet Hispanico of New York where she took ballet lessons.

Trained as a ballet dancer before she began acting.

WHERE IS SHE NOW: In the early 2000s, Ticotin has appeared in Man on Fire (2004) as Mariana and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005). She appeared as Vangie Gonzalez Taylor in the second season of PBS's television series American Family. She also appeared on the second season of the ABC series Lost as the mother of mother of Michelle Rodriguez's character Ana Lucia Cortez.

In September 2010, she joined that cast of the NBC legal drama, Law & Order: Los Angeles as Lt. Arleen Gonzales in place of Wanda De Jesus, who originally portrayed the role. Ticotin reshot the scenes originally done by De Jesus. She appeared in a recent episode of the TV series Blue Bloods as Carmen Castillo.

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CREDITS:

2013 Blue Bloods (TV series)...Carmen Castillo
Warriors (2013)

2012 NCIS: Los Angeles (TV series)...Monica Tenez
Dead Body Politic (2012)

2012 Unforgettable (TV series)...Sharon Vega
Allegiances (2012)

2010-2011 Law & Order: LA (TV series)...Lieutenant Arleen Gonzalez

2011/II America...Esther

2009 Weeds (TV series)...Candela
All About My Mom (2009)

2008 The Burning Plain...Ana

2008 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2...Carmen's Mom

2008 The Eye...Rosa Martinez

2007 John from Cincinnati (TV series)...Woman in Jail Cell
His Visit: Day One (2007)

2005-2006 Lost (TV series)...Captain Teresa Cortez

2005 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants...Carmen's Mother

2004 Man on Fire...Mariana

2003-2004 Skin (TV series)...Laura Roam

2003 Something's Gotta Give...Dr. Martinez (as Rachel Ticoti)

2002 American Family (TV series)...Vangie Gonzalez

2002 Desert Saints...Dora

2001 Full Disclosure (video)...Armiti Khalq

2001 The Outer Limits (TV series)...Theodora 'Teddi' Madden
Mona Lisa (2001)

2001 Warden of Red Rock (TV movie)...Mrs. Maria McVale

2000 Can't Be Heaven...Maggie

2000 Civility...Rebecca Russo

1999 Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (TV movie)...Elizabeth Perez

1997 First Time Felon (TV movie)...McBride

1997 Con Air...Guard Sally Bishop

1997 Turbulence...Rachel Taper

1996 Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (TV series)...Maria Chavez / Captain Maria Chavez / Police Dispatcher

1994-1996 Gargoyles (TV series)...Maria Chavez / Captain Maria Chavez

1995 Steal Big Steal Little...Laura Martinez

1995 The Wharf Rat (TV movie)...Dexter Ireland

1994 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)...Charbonnet / Lilian
Staired in Horror (1994)

1994 Don Juan DeMarco...Doña Inez

1994 Criminal Passion...Tracy Perry

1994 Natural Born Killers...Wanda Bisbing (scenes deleted)

1994 Deconstructing Sarah (TV movie)...Elizabeth Davis

1994 Thicker Than Blood: The Larry McLinden Story (TV movie)...Diane

1993 Crime & Punishment (TV series)...Det. Annette Rey

1993 Falling Down...Sandra

1992 From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One (TV movie)...Christine Avila

1992 Keep the Change (TV movie)...Astrid

1991 F/X2...Kim Brandon

1991 One Good Cop...Grace

1991 Prison Stories: Women on the Inside (TV movie)...Iris

1991 Where the Day Takes You...Officer Landers

1990 Total Recall...Melina

1988 Spies, Lies & Naked Thighs (TV movie)...Sonia

1987-1988 Ohara (TV series)...Asst. U.S. Atty. Teresa Storm

1987 Critical Condition...Rachel Atwood

1986 When the Bough Breaks (TV movie)...Raquel Santos

1986 Stingray (TV series)...Elena Ballesteros
Ancient Eyes (1986)

1986 Rockabye (TV movie)...Victoria Garcia

1985-1986 Our Family Honor (TV series)...Karen Pellagrino

1985 Love, Mary (TV movie)...Rachel Martin

1983-1984 For Love and Honor (TV series)...Cpl. Grace Pavlik

1983 For Love and Honor (TV movie)...Cpl. Grace Pavlik

1981 Fort Apache the Bronx...Isabella

1978 King of the Gypsies...Gypsy Dancer

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Sheryl Lee Ralph - ALIVE
Born: 12/30/1956

Ben Cross - ALIVE
Born: 12/16/1947

David Dukes - DEAD (Heart attack)
Born: 06/06/1945 Died: 10/09/2000

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
7/2
Princess Fawzia Fuad of Egypt, 91, Egyptian royal, Queen consort of Iran (1941-1948).
Stoyan Ganev, 57, Bulgarian diplomat and politician.
Hugh Lee, 58, Taiwanese Golden Bell-award winning television actor and theatre director, bowel cancer.

7/1
Don Bowman, 77, New Zealand computer software executive, cancer.
Charles Copeman, 83, Australian mining executive (Pilbara Iron).
William H. Gray, 71, American politician, member of the US House for Pennsylvania (1978-1991), natural causes.
David Halvorson, 64, American politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives (2013), cancer.
Paul Jenkins, 74, American television actor (The Waltons).
Ulrich Matschoss, 96, German actor.
Mita Noor, 42, Bangladeshi model and actress, suspected suicide by hanging.
Ray Richards, 92, New Zealand literary agent (Joy Cowley, Tessa Duder).
Bent Schmidt-Hansen, 66, Danish footballer (PSV Eindhoven).
John Stanford, 77, American collegiate sports director and baseball coach, athletic director for Middle Tennessee State University (1987-1994), natural causes.
Maarten van Roozendaal, 51, Dutch singer-songwriter, lung cancer.
Maureen Waaka, 70, New Zealand politician and pageant contestant, Miss World New Zealand (1962), complications from a stroke.

6/30
Minella Borova, 66, Albanian stage actor.
Akpor Pius Ewherido, 50, Nigerian politician, member of the Senate for Delta Central (since 2011), Delta MLA for Ughelli South (1999-2007), complications from a stroke.
Juggie Heen, 82, American politician, member of the Hawaii House of Representatives (1963-1967, 1969-1971), pancreatic and liver cancer.
Roger Kahane, 80, French television director.
Andrea Mamé, 41, Italian race car driver and entrepreneur, race collision.
Kathryn Morrison, 71, American politician, member of the Wisconsin Senate (1975-1979), breast cancer.
Dominic Mulaisho, 80, Zambian banker and economic adviser, Governor of the Bank of Zambia (1992-1995).
Paul Mulcahy, Irish rally driver, race collision.
Thompson Oliha, 44, Nigerian footballer (Nigeria Super Eagles), complications from malaria.
Sir Keith Seaman, 93, Australian viceroy, Governor of South Australia (1977-1982).
Sammy Terry, 83, American television horror show host (WTTV).