Rita Bellissimo

Real world article

(written from a production point of view)

Rita Bellissimo is a hair stylist who worked on several episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She also went by the name Rita Bordonaro. In 1990 she received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series for her work on the third season episode "Hollow Pursuits" which she shared with hair designer Vivian McAteer and hair stylist Barbara Lampson.

Also in 1990 she received a second Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series for her work on the Murder, She Wrote episode "When the Fat Lady Sings" which she shared with Ronald W. Smith, Gerald Solomon, and Dino Ganziano. Bellissimo worked as hair stylist on the comedy Private Benjamin (1980), Knots Landing (1984) and A Death in California (1985), 14 Going on 30 (1988), Cops & Robbersons (1994, with Susan Carol Schwary), the second season of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1994-1995, starring Teri Hatcher), Trojan War (1997, with Allan A. Apone), ER (2000-2001) and The West Wing (2002-2004), the short comedy Fear of Feathers (2003, with Ginger Damon), the drama The Good German (2006), and Ocean's Thirteen (2007, with John Maldonado and Alicia Tripi).

Star Trek credits

• TNG:
  • "Yesterday's Enterprise" (Season 3, credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Hollow Pursuits" (uncredited)
  • "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II" (Season 4, credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Family" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Brothers" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Suddenly Human" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Remember Me" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Legacy" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Reunion" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Future Imperfect" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Final Mission" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "The Loss" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Data's Day" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "The Wounded" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Devil's Due" (credited as Rita Bordonaro)
  • "Clues"
  • "First Contact"
  • "Galaxy's Child"
  • "Night Terrors"
  • "Identity Crisis"
  • "The Nth Degree"
  • "Qpid"
  • "The Drumhead"
  • "Half a Life"

External links

• Rita Bellissimo at the Internet Movie Database
• Rita Bordonaro at the Internet Movie Database