Annette Charles


Annette Charles was an American actress best known for her role as Charlene "Cha-Cha" DiGregorio in the 1978 feature film Grease. She made several appearances on television as well.

Personal life

Charles was born Annette Cardona in Los Angeles, California. She died on August 3, 2011, in Los Angeles due to complications from cancer. She had initially been hospitalized for pneumonia. She died of metastatic lung cancer three months after her Grease co-star Jeff Conaway who died of pneumonia.

Career

Charles became an actress, and was best known for her role as Charlene "Cha Cha" DiGregorio in the 1978 feature film Grease. She made several appearances on television as well.
Charles later became a speech professor at California State University, Northridge.

Credits

YearTitleRoleNotes
1968The High ChaparralJillEpisode: "Follow Your Heart"
1970The Flying NunLouisaEpisode: "My Sister, the Doctor",
1970GunsmokeRitaEpisode: "The Noonday Devil",
1972The Mod SquadCoryEpisode: "No More Oak Leaves for Ernie Holland",
1972BonanzaCarmenEpisode: "The Customs of the Country"
1972BanacekCecelia GomezEpisode: "No Sign of the Cross",
1972-1974Emergency!Mrs. Harrow / Wife2 episodes
1974-1977Barnaby JonesAngela / Lucy Stahl2 episodes
1976The Bionic WomanElora / Emerald2 episodes
1977Man from AtlantisGinny MendozaEpisode: "The Death Scouts",
1978CentennialSenora AlvarezTV Mini-Series, Episode: "Only the Rocks Live Forever"
1979Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie PrinzeBillyTV movie
1980The Incredible HulkRita MontoyaEpisode: "Falling Angels"
1981Musical Comedy Tonight IITV movie
1987Magnum, P.I.Maria TorresEpisode: "On the Fly"