Rita Taggart

Rita Jean Taggart (born December 19, 1949) is an American film and television actress. She is known as Carla Bouvier on Night Court.

She was born in Salinas, California. She studied special education at San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University), and studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater.

She was the third wife of cinematographer Haskell Wexler from 1989 until his death 2015.

• Coming Home (1978)
• Straight Time (1978)
• The China Syndrome (1979)
• 1941 (1979)
• Die Laughing (1980)
• Used Cars (1980)
• Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case (1980)
• Mae West (1982)
• Cagney & Lacey (1982-1984) TV series
• Wait till Your Mother Gets Home! (1983)
• Night Court (1984) TV series
• The Cartier Affair (1984)
• Torchlight (1985)
• Inspector Gadget (1985) Animated TV series, voice
• Weeds (1987)
• Splash, Too (1988)
• Almost Grown (1988-1989) TV series
• The Horror Show (1989)
• Coupe de Ville (1990)
• Crossing the Bridge (1992)
• Northern Exposure (1992-1994) TV series
• At Home with the Webbers (1993)
• Coach (1994-1995) TV series
• Steal Big Steal Little (1995)
• Limbo (1999)
• Inspector Gadget: Gadget's Greatest Gadgets (1999) video
• Mulholland Drive (2001)
• Liberty's Kids (2002) Animated TV series, voice
• The Big Empty (2005) Short film
• A Quiet Little Marriage (2008)
• Go for Sisters (2013)
• Where the Bears Are (2015) TV series