• ArtieShaw@fedia.io
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    4 days ago

    She was a really funny comedy actor, but also good in Close Encounters. I’ll probably remember her most for that role.

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      4 days ago

      Oh yeah! She was terrific in that. She definitely could do drama and comedy equally well. She was good in The Conversation, the Coppola thriller with Gene Hackman.

      And, of course, there was her role on Star Trek.

      Assignment: Earth never becoming a series like Roddenberry wanted is one of TV’s great missed opportunities.

      She also did some cool VO work. She was Terry’s (the new Batman) mom in Batman Beyond.

      Edit: I forgot she was also in The Black Stallion! I haven’t thought about that movie since I was a kid.