Faith Minton

American actress

Faith Minton
Born	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Actress, stuntwoman
Years active	1978–2007

Faith Minton is an American television and film actress^[1] and stuntwoman.

Life

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Minton has a stunt and wrestling background and is probably best known for her role as "Hurricane" Rosy Spelman in the 1979 action comedy film Temporale Rosy opposite Gerard Depardieu,^[1] and as "Big Mama", a wrestler in the 1981 film ...All The Marbles, with Peter Falk, Laurene Landon and Vicki Frederick. In 1983, she appeared as the villain's henchwoman in the Italian action comedy Go for It, with David Huddleston and in a supporting role in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3, alongsides Paul Williams, Colleen Camp and Jerry Reed, and opposite Jackie Gleason and Mike Henry. She later guest starred in series such as Fantasy Island, Night Court, Simon & Simon, Knight Rider, V.I.P. and Murder, She Wrote (with William Windom).

Selected filmography

1978 King of the Gypsies as Gypsy (uncredited)
1979 Gold of the Amazons as Amazon Warrior
1979 The Wanderers as The Big Lady
1979 Temporale Rosy as Rosy "Hurricane Rosy" Spelman / Temporale Rosy^[1]
1980 Cheech & Chong's Next Movie as Lady Bouncer
1981 ...All The Marbles as "Big Mama"
1981 All Night Long as Holdup Woman
1981 Hill Street Blues as Large Hooker
1981 Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen as Stunt Performer
1981 Heartbeeps as Stunt Performer
1983 Go for It as The Vamp / La Fatalona
1983 Fantasy Island as Mo
1983 Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 as Tina
1983 The Man Who Wasn't There as Stunt Performer
1984 The New Mike Hammer as Bertha
1984 Night Court as Elsa Dubrinovitch
1985 Lust in the Dust as Stunt Performer
1985 Hardcastle and McCormick as Lizzie Butterfly
1985 Murder, She Wrote as Second Guard
1985 Knight Rider as Darleen
1986 The Naked Cage as Sheila
1986 Misfits of Science as Darleen
1986 Ruthless People as Stunt Performer
1986 Simon & Simon as Olga, The Shoplifter
1987 Jocks as Big Woman In Bar (uncredited)
1987 Who's That Girl? as Donovan
1987 Penitentiary III as Female Boxer
1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation as Klingon Female
1987 Hooperman as Biker Woman
1988 License to Drive as Stunt Performer
1988 Hero and the Terror as Stunt Performer
1989 Santa Barbara, as Ilsa, she tried to frame Mack for stealing jewels from people at the fitness center.
1989 Alien Nation as Bouncer
1991 Switch as Nancy, The Bouncer
1992 Stay Tuned as Mrs. Gorgon
1992 Swordsman II as the American dub version of Invisible Asia.
1995 The Stranger as Kyra, a member of Angel's outlaw biker gang.
1995 Sudden Death as Carla, one of the terrorists who took Civic Arena during a Stanley Cup Finals game.
1996 Set It Off as Stunt Performer
1997 Roseanne as Wrestler
1997 Unhappily Ever After as Bertha
1997 Spawn as Stunt Performer
1998 V.I.P. as Brenda "Big Brenda"
2001 Bubble Boy as Stunt Performer
2002 She Spies as Jolene
2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as Housewife #1
2006 Sons & Daughters as Biker Chick
2007 Days of Our Lives as Bertha "Big Bertha" / Tessa / Jail Matron