Cast & creator
Rita Taggart
Best known for Columbo, Knots Landing, Murder, She Wrote
30
film credits
18
television credits
47
1971–2022 · acting roles
6.4
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (48)
Showing 48 of 48 credits
Columbo
Mrs. Staplin (uncredited)
1971
Knots Landing
Rose
1979
Murder, She Wrote
Janine Foster
1984
Quantum Leap
Marsha
1989
American Playhouse
Miss Farkis
1982
Strong Medicine
2000
Hill Street Blues
Rosie McNeil
1981
Taxi
Vivian Harrow
1978
Night Court
Carla Bouvier
1984Night Court
Carla B.
1984
St. Elsewhere
Nurse Losef
1982
Coach
Ruthanne
1989
Cagney & Lacey
Joy / Rochelle Zimmer
1982
Northern Exposure
Edna Hancock
1990
Hunter
Andrea Burden
1984
The Real Ghostbusters
Madame LaFarge (voice)
1986
Mulholland Drive
Linney James
2001
Hello, Larry
Marie
1979
1941
Reporter
1979
Almost Grown
Joan Foley
1988
The China Syndrome
Rita Jacovich
1979
Used Cars
Woman In Bed
1980
The Horror Show
Donna McCarthy
1989
Straight Time
Carol Schue
1978
Coming Home
Johnson
1978
Limbo
Lou
1999
At Home with the Webbers
Emma Webber
1993
Go for Sisters
Rhonda
2013
Splash, Too
Fern Hooten
1988
Weeds
Lillian Bingington
1987
Crossing the Bridge
Kate Golden
1992
Steal Big Steal Little
Autumn McBride
1995
The Cartier Affair
Monica
1984
Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris
Nina Ryan
1980
Inmates: A Love Story
Salt
1981
Born to Be Sold
Janet Carlson
1981
A Quiet Little Marriage
Nurse Green
2008
Where Are You
Jeanne
2022
Coupe de Ville
Betty Libner
1990
Die Laughing
Thelma
1980
Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case
Amy Morrison
1980The Big Empty
Bookstore Co-Worker
2005
The Other Victim
Janice
1981
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
Mrs. Walt Johnson
1983
Mae West
Sally
1982
Who Needs Sleep?
Director of Photography
2006
Torchlight
Rita
1984
The Lilac Thief
Claire Pearlman
2019