• Golf?s a hard sport to capture on film; here?s a few shots at it

  Arkansas Online - Found Jul. 3, 2009 Tin Cup (1996) Rating: Bogie Stars: Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin Plot: Filmmaker Ron Shelton and star Costner...

• ON THE TOWN:Local high school alumni reunite

  Burbank Leader - Found Jun. 23, 2009 Bric, former Mayors Bob Kramer and Marsha Ramos, Councilman Jess Talamantes, actors Clint Howard, Rene Russo, Anson Williams, Debbie Reynolds...

• The greatest sports movies EVER MADE

  Tulsa World - Found Jun. 23, 2009 Tin Cup (1996): Kevin Costner and Rene Russo scale comic and romantic heights in charming tale of talented, underachieving Texas golfer and...

• Canadian Open gets it

  SLAM! Sports - Found Jun. 22, 2009 Invite Rene Russo too -- just because. Canadian Open gets it - Toronto Sun Explore All

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• Steve Harvey introduces Jesus

  Examiner.com - Found Jun. 21, 2009 Whether it's Bob Dylan's 'Jesus-years' music, Rene Russo's dilemma over doing nude scenes, or Mason 'Mase' Beetha's collaborations with 50...

• Jon & Kate can learn from TV, film megafamilies

  Denver Post - Found Jun. 21, 2009 A 2005 remake starred Dennis Quaid and Rene Russo. Lesson learned: If a couple with 20 kids can make it work, anybody can.

• For Hollywood actresses, it's the same old story

  Newsday - Found Jun. 15, 2009 But among the women who ran hot in the Clinton years, Rene Russo('Lethal Weapon II,' 'The Thomas Crown Affair') is 55 and has virtually...

• For Hollywood actresses, it's the same old story

  Newsday - Found Jun. 15, 2009 But among the women who ran hot in the Clinton years, Rene Russo('Lethal Weapon II,' 'The Thomas Crown Affair') is 55 and has virtually...

• For Hollywood actresses, it's the same old story

  Newsday - Found Jun. 15, 2009 But among the women who ran hot in the Clinton years, Rene Russo('Lethal Weapon II,' 'The Thomas Crown Affair') is 55 and has virtually...

• Sandra Bullock is ready to show she can still do it all

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Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954)¹² is an American film actress and former fashion model.

Biography

Early life

Russo, an Italian American,³⁴ was born in Burbank, California, the daughter of Shirley (née Balocca), a factory worker and barmaid, and Nino Russo, a sculptor and car mechanic who left the family when Rene was two.¹⁵⁶ Russo grew up with her sister, Toni, and their single mother. She attended Burroughs High School (where her classmates included director Ron Howard), but eventually dropped out in the tenth grade. Due to financial constraints within the family, she began taking a variety of part-time jobs including working in an eyeglass factory, and as a movie cashier.

Career

Russo made her television series debut in 1987, with a supporting role in the TV series Sable. Two years later, she made her debut in film as the girlfriend of the Tom Berenger character in Major League. Her breakthrough role is generally considered to be her part as martial arts-practicing internal affairs detective Lorna Cole in Lethal Weapon 3 (and again in Lethal Weapon 4) opposite Mel Gibson.

Throughout the 1990s, Russo appeared in a number of high-profile thrillers that were hugely successful at the box office, including In the Line of Fire with Clint Eastwood, Outbreak with Dustin Hoffman, Ransom (directed by high school classmate Howard) and The Thomas Crown Affair starring Pierce Brosnan.

She also tried her hand at comedy in Tin Cup with Kevin Costner, Get Shorty with John Travolta and as the cartoonish Russian spy Natasha in the live-action film version of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. She starred in at least one major studio film per year from 1992 to 2002.

Russo more recently co-starred with Al Pacino in Two for the Money and with Dennis Quaid in Yours, Mine and Ours. But she has not been seen in a film since 2005.

Personal life

Russo has been married to screenwriter Dan Gilroy since 1992. They have one daughter, Rose (born August 31, 1993), and the family currently lives in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. Her sister Toni was married to lyricist Bernie Taupin in the 1980s, and Rene appeared alongside her sister in the 1987 video for Taupin's solo song, "Citizen Jane." It was during this period that Russo began an intense study into spirituality, and eventually embraced Christianity.

Filmography

References

External links

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• interview, 10/07/05, MovieWeb