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Roseanna Christiansen \u2013 most famous for playing Teresa the Maid on Dallas \u2013 has passed away aged 71.<\/p>\n
The sad news was broken by her husband Steven Rizzo to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>, with no cause of death given. She died on 14th July at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, California.<\/p>\n Christiansen played Teresa, who was employed by the Ewing family, for the final nine seasons of the hit primetime soap\u2019s run \u2013 appearing in 112 episodes between 1982 and the show\u2019s finale in 1991.<\/p>\n Her screen credits also included a recurring role on The Jefferson\u2019s \u2013 also as a housemaid \u2013 and episodes of shows such as The Perfect Match, A Year in the Life and Matlock.<\/p>\n She had relatively few roles after leaving Dallas but did appear in the films Sybil Ludington, New and Kidzz, the latter of which was her final screen role and was written and directed by her son Josiah Rizzo.<\/p>\n Away from acting, Christiansen was an ordained minister and she also worked as an acting coach \u2013 setting up a school named Action! Acting.<\/p>\n Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, her husband Rizzo said: \u201cMany of her students refer to their private sessions as their \u2018therapy sessions.<\/p>\n \u201cThough in years her life was too short, she spent enough time here to plant the seeds of love, encouragement and beauty into everyone she met.\u201d<\/p>\n Since the news was made public, fans of Dallas have taken to social media to pay tribute to the actress, with the account Definitive Dallas tweeting: \u201cSaddened to learn about the recent passing of <\/span>Roseanna<\/span> Christiansen<\/span> Rizzo. She played the part of Teresa, the faithful Ewing housekeeper. She is survived by her husband and two children. Condolences to her family and friends.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Saddened to learn about the recent passing of Roseanna Christiansen Rizzo. She played the part of Teresa, the faithful Ewing housekeeper. She is survived by her husband and two children. Condolences to her family and friends. #Dallas<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/EbdAEo2QBe<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Definitive Dallas (@DefinitiveDAL) August 5, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>