Acting
Vanessa Marquez
Born December 21, 1968 · Los Angeles County, California, USA
Died August 30, 2018 · aged 49
Vanessa Marquez was born on December 21, 1968 in Los Angeles County, California. She decided that she wanted to be an actress after she first saw The Wizard of Oz (1939) when she was only 3 or 4. She made her film debut as Ana Delgado in Stand and Deliver in 1988. In the Nineties Miss Marquez was very much in demand as an actress, appearing in such films as Twenty Bucks (1993), Bound by Honor (199…
Known For
Bound by Honor · 1993Bound by Honor
★ 8.21993
MovieCrimeDrama
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on half-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. It opens in 1972, as the three are members of an East L.A. gang known as the "Vatos Locos", and the story focuses on how a violent crime and the influence of narcotics alter their lives. Miklo is incarcerated and sent to San Quentin, where he makes a "home" for himself. Cruz becomes an exceptional artist, but a heroin addiction overcomes him with tragic results. Paco becomes a cop and an enemy to his "carnal", Miklo.
Stand and Deliver · 1988Stand and Deliver
★ 7.81988
MovieDrama
Jaime Escalante is a mathematics teacher in a school in a hispanic neighbourhood. Convinced that his students have potential, he adopts unconventional teaching methods to try and turn gang members and no-hopers into some of the country's top algebra and calculus students.
Father Hood · 1993Father Hood
★ 5.81993
MovieActionComedy
Deadbeat dad kidnaps his kids from the bus to an abusive foster home and they go on a run. The cops are after them, they bicker constantly and his idea of a way out is grim, yet this dangerous ride might just turn them into a family.
Under Suspicion · 2000Under Suspicion
★ 6.12000
MovieThrillerCrime
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.
Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence · 1992Maniac Cop 3: Badge of Silence
★ 5.31992
MovieActionHorror
A priest practicing the Voodoo arts resurrects Matt Cordell, who takes his badge and returns from the dead...again...to do his bidding.
Twenty Bucks · 1993Twenty Bucks
★ 5.71993
MovieDrama
A story about the life of a twenty dollar bill as it weaves in and out of the various lives of several people.
Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage · 1991Locked Up: A Mother’s Rage
★ 6.61991
MovieDramaTV Movie
This women in prison drama tells us a story about the mother of three children, who was falsely accused for a crime she did not commit (drug dealing), arrested and locked up behind bars.
Sweet 15 · 1990Sweet 15
★ 4.51990
MovieDramaTV Movie
Nothing is more important to Mexican-American Marta Delacruz than her quinceanera -- the traditional 15th birthday celebration that symbolically ushers a young girl into adulthood. Marta is understandably angry and resentful when her father cancels the gala event, but her outlook changes completely when she accidentally uncovers her father's secret: He never became a U.S. citizen.













