Tessa Richarde is an American actress mainly cast as likable dumb blondes

Dumb Blondes

The 'Original' Dumb Blondes, as they were initially called, were a Punk/Rock/Glam band with the occasional touch of Reggae which included current Def Leppard and Manraze guitarist Phil Collen....

. She is probably best known as playing Miss Mitzi Fritts in Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...

's Bronco Billy

Bronco Billy

Bronco Billy is a 1980 American film starring Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke. It was directed by Eastwood and written by Dennis Hackin.-Plot:...

 and Malcolm McDowell

Malcolm McDowell

Malcolm McDowell is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years.McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films If...., O Lucky Man!, A Clockwork Orange and Caligula...

's girlfriend in the remake of Cat People

Cat People (1982 film)

Cat People is a 1982 American erotic horror film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell and John Heard. The film co-stars Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee, Ed Begley, Jr. and John Larroquette. Jerry Bruckheimer served as executive producer...

. She appears to have retired from acting to bring up her family.

Acting Credits

• 1990

Dallas

Dallas (TV series)

Dallas is an American serial drama/prime time soap opera that revolves around the Ewings, a wealthy Texas family in the oil and cattle-ranching industries. Throughout the series, Larry Hagman stars as greedy, scheming oil baron J. R. Ewing...

 (TV series)
– Will Power (1990) … Katie Lynn

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote is an American television mystery series starring Angela Lansbury as mystery writer and amateur detective Jessica Fletcher. The series aired for 12 seasons from 1984 to 1996 on the CBS network, with 264 episodes transmitted. It was followed by four TV films and a spin-off series,...

 (TV series)
– Good-Bye Charlie (1990) … Doreen

• 1988

Frank Nitti

Frank Nitti

Francesco Raffaele Nitto , also known as Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti, was an Italian American gangster. One of Al Capone's top henchmen, Nitti was in charge of all strong-arm and 'muscle' operations...

: The Enforcer (TV movie)

• 1984-1986

Night Court

Night Court

Night Court is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from January 4, 1984, to May 20, 1992. The setting was the night shift of a Manhattan court, presided over by the young, unorthodox Judge Harold T. "Harry" Stone...

 (TV series)
– Earthquake (1986) … Roberta De Vries
– The Hostage (1985)
– Daddy for the Defense (1984) … Aphrodite

• 1985

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D.

Trapper John, M.D. is an American television medical drama and spin-off of the film MASH, concerning a lovable surgeon who became a mentor and father figure in San Francisco, California. The show ran on CBS from September 23, 1979, to September 4, 1986....

 (TV series)
– A Wheel in a Wheel (1985) … Secretary

This Wife for Hire (TV movie)

• 1983

Happy (TV movie)

• 1983

Three's Company (TV series)
– Out on a Limb (1983) … Melissa

National Lampoon's Vacation

National Lampoon's Vacation

Vacation, sometimes referred as National Lampoon's Vacation, is a 1983 comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Dana Barron and Anthony Michael Hall...

Max Dugan Returns

Max Dugan Returns

Max Dugan Returns is a 1983 American comedy-drama film starring Jason Robards as the titular Max Dugan, Marsha Mason as his daughter Nora, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, and Matthew Broderick as grandson Michael...

Cheers (TV series)
– No Contest (1983) … Bonnie

• 1982

Young Doctors in Love

Young Doctors in Love

Young Doctors in Love is a 1982 comedy film directed by Garry Marshall. Similar in tone to the Airplane! movies, it spoofs a variety of medical shows ....

Police Squad!

Police Squad!

Police Squad! is a television comedy series first broadcast in 1982, created by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker and starring Leslie Nielsen. A spoof of police procedurals, the series was packed with ZAZ's usual sight gags, wordplay and non sequiturs...

 (TV series)
– Testimony of Evil (Dead Men Don't Laugh) (1982) … Mary (uncredited)
– Ring of Fear (A Dangerous Assignment) (1982) … Mary

The Last American Virgin

The Last American Virgin

The Last American Virgin is a 1982 American coming-of-age film, a remake of the Israeli film Eskimo Limon .After the success of the original and several sequels, writer/director Boaz Davidson re-teamed with producers Golan-Globus to attempt to re-create the same success in the United States....

Cat People

Cat People (1982 film)

Cat People is a 1982 American erotic horror film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Nastassja Kinski, Malcolm McDowell and John Heard. The film co-stars Annette O'Toole, Ruby Dee, Ed Begley, Jr. and John Larroquette. Jerry Bruckheimer served as executive producer...

The Beach Girls

The Beach Girls (1982 film)

The Beach Girls is a 1982 sex comedy film, directed by Pat Townsend. It stars Jeana Tomasina, Val Kline and Debra Blee.-Plot:Two college girls, Ducky and Ginger, meet their naive friend, Sarah, at a Southern California beach house. The house belongs to Sarah's uncle and to their luck has allowed...

• 1980

Any Which Way You Can

Any Which Way You Can

* Beers To You** Written by Steve Dorff , John Durrill , Sandy Pinkard and Snuff Garrett ** Sung by Ray Charles and Clint Eastwood* Any Which Way You Can...

Nobody's Perfect

Nobody's Perfect (TV series)

Nobody's Perfect is a situation comedy television series, broadcast on ABC, about a bumbling police detective; it aired for two months in 1980, for a total of eight episodes. In the UK this program is known as Hart of the Yard...

 (TV series)
– Daddy's Day (1980) … Yvette

Bronco Billy

Bronco Billy

Bronco Billy is a 1980 American film starring Clint Eastwood and Sondra Locke. It was directed by Eastwood and written by Dennis Hackin.-Plot:...

Murder Can Hurt You

Murder Can Hurt You

Murder Can Hurt You is a 1980 ABC television movie that parodies detective and police TV shows of the 1960s and '70s, much like the way Murder by Death made fun of literary detectives...

 (TV movie)

• 1979

240-Robert

240-Robert

240-Robert is an American drama series that ran on ABC from 1979 to 1981. The series title is a reference to the call-sign designation for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's search and rescue/paramedic teams.-Synopsis:...

(TV series)
– Models (1979) … Penny

External links

• Photo of Tessa Richarde now