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In the Star Trek canon, Orion women are described as "...like animals. Vicious. Seductive. They say no human male can resist them". [22] Garth uses Marta, also an escaped inmate, in an attempt to have her seduce Kirk through dance and then murder him. Craig related the problems in having to wear green body makeup from head to toe in the episode.
Nichelle Nichols (/ n ɪ ˈ ʃ ɛ l / nish-EL; born Grace Dell Nichols; December 28, 1932 – July 30, 2022) [1] was an American actress, singer and dancer whose portrayal of Uhura in Star Trek and its film sequels was groundbreaking for African American actresses on American television. [2]
Karen Steele (March 20, 1931 – March 12, 1988) was an American actress and model with more than 60 roles in film and television. Her most famous roles include starring as Virginia in Marty, as Mrs. Lane in Ride Lonesome, and as Eve McHuron in the Star Trek episode "Mudd's Women".
She began her acting career in the '60s, appearing in small roles in films such as In Harm's Way and guest parts on television series such as Star Trek and The Virginian. She had more prominent film roles in Casino Royale (1967), in which she played Miss Moneypenny, [1] and Sweet Charity (1969).
She was photographed by Robert Scott Hooper for the February 1979 Playboy pictorial "The Girls of Las Vegas". [7] Pettyjohn became quite popular at the Star Trek conventions and in 1979 Hooper photographed her in her costume from the episode "The Gamesters of Triskelion". They produced two posters that she sold at the conventions: one in her ...
On November 9, 1960, she was cast as the lead guest star in "The Cathy Eckhart Story" on Wagon Train, with husband-and-wife actors John Larch and Vivi Janiss as Ben and Sarah Harness. Oliver was cast in the 1960 episode of The Deputy as the long-lost daughter of star Henry Fonda 's late girl friend, and appeared in Dick Powell's Zane Grey ...
On March 11, 1964, Gene Roddenberry, a long-time fan of science fiction, drafted a short treatment for a science-fiction television series that he called Star Trek. [8] This was to be set on board a large starship named S.S. Yorktown in the 23rd century [9] [10] bearing a crew dedicated to exploring the Milky Way galaxy.
William Shatner as James T. Kirk, commanding officer of the USS Enterprise.; Majel Barrett as Christine Chapel, medical officer.; James Doohan as Montgomery Scott, chief engineer.