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Denise Dowse

Highest Rated: 79% Ray (2004)

Lowest Rated: 4% Bio-Dome (1996)

Birthday: Feb 21, 1958

Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Hard-working Hawaiian-born actress Denise Dowse appeared most memorably in dual roles on the decade-spanning '90s staple "Beverly Hills, 90210." In the early half of the 1990s, she launched her career putting in one-off appearances on hit sitcoms like "ALF" and "Full House." But soon this exposure and her strong demeanor won her parts in feature films like the Robert Redford comedy-thriller "Sneakers" and the Pauly Shore vehicle "Bio-Dome." As her career moved forward, she began to score roles on shows like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and stole the show as tough-as-nails Sky Marshall Meru in the cult favorite "Starship Troopers." Further TV work led to two recurring roles in the final years of "Beverly Hills, 90210" as the strict-but-sweet Vice Principal of West Beverly Hills High School, Mrs. Yvonne Teasley, as well as Professor Harriet Strathmore during the show's college years. While Dowse appeared in acclaimed 1990s films "Pleasantville" and "Requiem for a Dream," she also landed the part of tough Judge Rebecca Damsen for over 30 episodes of the CBS legal drama "The Guardian." Denise Dowse died on August 14, 2022 at the age of 64.

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Highest rated movies

79% 87% Ray
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64% 85% Coach Carter Watchlist
45% 65% The Call
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4% 51% Bio-Dome
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10-20
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Instance
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77% Book of Love
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56% Sketch Artist II: Hands That See
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48% Killing Mr. Griffin
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The Longer Day of Happiness
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 71% Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story Director - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Cloud So High Detective Trina McWilliams (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grey Streets Aunt Suzanna (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet 100% Loners Clara Maloy (Character) - 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet Instance Pearl (Character) - 2018
No Score Yet No Score Yet Like Father Olivia (Character) - 2017
45% 65% The Call Flora (Character) $51.9M 2013
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Longer Day of Happiness Lydia Jones (Character) - 2012
No Score Yet No Score Yet 10-20 Sarah (Character) - 2010
64% 85% Coach Carter Principal Garrison (Character) $67.3M 2005
79% 87% Ray Marlene (Character) $75.3M 2004
No Score Yet 77% Book of Love Unknown (Character) - 2002
No Score Yet 48% Killing Mr. Griffin Det. Pruitt (Character) - 1997
4% 51% Bio-Dome Olivia Biggs (Character) $12.2M 1996
No Score Yet 56% Sketch Artist II: Hands That See Dispatcher (Character) - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kissing Miranda Cristianne (Character) - 1995

TV

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No Score Yet 75% The Resident Carol Austin (Guest Star) 2019
No Score Yet 50% New Amsterdam Alfreeda Watson (Guest Star) 2019
93% 91% Imposters Auntie Colleen (Guest Star) 2017-2018
74% 86% The X-Files Dr. Babsi Russel (Guest Star) 2018
82% 87% Castle Unknown (Guest Star) 2016
35% 74% Secrets and Lies Unknown (Guest Star) 2015
No Score Yet 88% Rizzoli and Isles Judge (Guest Star) 2013
No Score Yet 83% Criminal Minds Unknown (Guest Star) 2011-2012
90% 83% Bones Dr. Sherry Bannon (Guest Star) 2011
90% 96% House Glenda (Guest Star) 2010
89% 88% Monk Samantha Austin (Guest Star) 2009
No Score Yet 90% The Mentalist Detective Carla Mulvey (Guest Star) 2008
52% 50% Shark Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Unknown (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 88% Gilmore Girls Judge (Guest Star) 2007
No Score Yet 90% Charmed Angel of Destiny (Guest Star) 2005-2006
44% No Score Yet Threshold Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet All of Us Unknown (Guest Star) 2004-2005
74% 82% Nip/Tuck Cecily Sutherland (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet 83% The Guardian Unknown (Guest Star) 2001-2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dragnet Unknown (Guest Star) 2003
No Score Yet 75% Without a Trace Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Judging Amy Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
64% No Score Yet Philly Unknown (Guest Star) 2002
No Score Yet No Score Yet Girlfriends Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Drew Carey Show Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Practice Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 96% Becker Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
No Score Yet 93% Beverly Hills, 90210 Unknown (Guest Star) 1995-1996 1998 2000
No Score Yet No Score Yet Moesha Unknown (Guest Star) 2000
No Score Yet 93% Rugrats Sheila Swann (Guest Voice) 1999
No Score Yet No Score Yet Promised Land Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
No Score Yet 91% Party of Five Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Any Day Now Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet 85% ER Mrs. Lysell (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Step by Step Unknown (Guest Star) 1998
95% 79% NewsRadio Adoption Agent (Guest Star) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Built to Last Unknown (Character) 1997
85% 92% Buffy the Vampire Slayer Ms. Miller (Guest Star) 1997
44% No Score Yet Ink Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vanishing Son Unknown (Guest Star) 1995
44% No Score Yet Me and the Boys Unknown (Guest Star) 1994
89% 92% Seinfeld Mother (Guest Star) 1994
No Score Yet No Score Yet California Dreams Unknown (Guest Star) 1993
No Score Yet 80% Full House Mrs. Jacobs (Guest Star) 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bodies of Evidence Unknown (Guest Star) 1992
No Score Yet No Score Yet Jake and the Fatman Unknown (Guest Star) 1991
No Score Yet 79% ALF FBI 4 (Guest Star) 1989