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Stand and Deliver is a 1988 American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Ramón Menéndez, written by Menéndez and Tom Musca, based on the true story of a high school mathematics teacher, Jaime Escalante. For portraying Escalante, Edward James Olmos was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 61st Academy Awards. [3]
Vanessa Rosalia Marquez (December 21, 1968 – August 30, 2018) was an American actress. She was primarily known for her recurring role in the first three seasons of ER as nurse Wendy Goldman, [2] as well as her role as Ana Delgado in the 1988 biographical drama film, Stand and Deliver.
Escalante has described the film "Stand and Deliver" as "90% truth, 10% drama." He stated that several points were left out of the film: It took him several years to achieve the kind of success shown in the film. No student who did not know multiplication tables or fractions was ever taught calculus in a single year.
Rosanna DeSoto (born September 2, 1950) [2] is an American actress who has performed in films and television. She is best known for her roles in Stand and Deliver, for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Female, [3] [4] and in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country as Azetbur, the daughter of Klingon Chancellor Gorkon.
Dec. 15—Reading from a script is easier than acting and memorizing lines; several members of Upstart Readers agreed on this point during a recent afternoon chat — but that doesn't mean it's easy.
Musca's best known work was as the writer and producer of Stand and Deliver in 1988. [3] The film was nominated for seven Independent Spirit Awards and won six, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay honors for Musca. [4] Additionally, Edward James Olmos, was nominated for an Oscar and an Academy Award for his role in the film. [5]
Amanda Donohoe (born 29 June 1962) [1] is an English actress. She first came to public attention at age 16 for her relationship with pop singer Adam Ant, appearing in the music videos for the Adam and the Ants singles "Antmusic" (1980) and "Stand and Deliver" (1981) during their four-year relationship.
She played the role of Guadalupe "Lupe" Escobar in Stand and Deliver, voiced Renee Montoya in Batman: The Animated Series, and co-starred as Estela Garcia in the film Real Women Have Curves. [ 1 ] References