Rita Jean Taggart (December 19, 1949) is an American actress best known for Mulholland Dr. (2001), The China Syndrome (1979), and 1941 (1979).
She was married to producer/cinematographer Haskell Wexler.
Filmography
Film Roles
- 1978: Coming Home as Johnson
- 1978: Straight Time as Carol Schue
- 1979: The China Syndrome as Rita Jacovich
- 1979: 1941 as Reporter
- 1980: Seizure The Story Of Kathy Morris as Nina
- 1980: Die Laughing as Thelma
- 1980: Used Cars as Woman in Bed
- 1980: Rape And Marriage The Rideout Case as Amy Morrison
- 1981: Inmates A Love Story as Salt
- 1981: Born To Be Sold as Janet Carlson
- 1982: Mae West as Sally
- 1983: Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home as Mrs. Walt Johnson
- 1984: The Cartier Affair as Monica
- 1984: Torchlight as Rita
- 1987: Weeds as Lillian Bingington
- 1988: Splash Too as Fern Hooten
- 1989: The Horror Show as Donna McCarthy
- 1990: Coupe De Ville as Betty Libner
- 1992: Crossing The Bridge as Kate Golden
- 1993: At Home With The Webbers as Emma Webber
- 1995: Steal Big Steal Little as Autumn McBride
- 1999: Limbo as Lou
- 1999: Inspector Gadget Gadgets Greatest Gadgets as M.A.D. Nurse
- 2001: Mulholland Dr. as Linney James
- 2008: A Quiet Little Marriage as Nurse Green
- 2010: Circle 2010 as Prof. McAdams
- 2013: Go For Sisters as Rhonda
- 2019: Now Is Everything as Jeanne
Television Roles
- 1975: Rhoda as Groovy Girl
- 1978: Taxi as Vivian Harrow
- 1979: David Cassidy Man Undercover as Helen
- 1980: Hello Larry as Marie
- 1981: Knots Landing as Rose
- 1981: Enos as Lady Lou
- 1982: St. Elsewhere as Nurse Losef
- 1982-1984: Cagney & Lacey as Rochelle Zimmer/Joy
- 1983: American Playhouse as Miss Farkis
- 1983: Tuckers Witch as Gloria Lomax
- 1983: Days of Our Lives as Josie
- 1984: Night Court as Carla B./Bouvier
- 1985: Scarecrow and Mrs. King as Rita Holden
- 1985: Hunter as Andrea Burden
- 1985: Hill Street Blues as Rosie McNeil
- 1985: Kate & Allie as Sylvia
- 1985: Inspector Gadget as Thelma Botkin/Librarian/M.A.D. Nurse/Crying Woman/Woman in Indian Costume
- 1986: Hotel as Sheila Jessup
- 1986: The Colbys as Brenda
- 1987: The Real Ghostbusters as Madame LaFarge
- 1988: The Magical World Of Disney as Fern Hooten
- 1988-1989: Almost Grown as Joan Foley
- 1990: Columbo as Mrs. Staplin
- 1991: Quantum Leap as Marsha
- 1992: Murder, She Wrote as Janine Foster
- 1992-1994: Northern Exposure as Edna Hancock
- 1994-1995: Coach as Ruthanne
- 2004: Line Of Fire as Dr. Kathryn Metters
- 2012: Futurestates as Dr. Antal
- 2015-2017: Where The Bears Are as Doris Dorkoff
