Robin Curtis (born in New York Mills, New York)[citation needed] is an American former actress. She is best known for replacing Kirstie Alley in the role of Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in the films Star Trek III: The Search for Spock and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.
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Born | New York Mills, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress, real estate broker |
Years active | Acting: 1981–1999 |
Spouse | Kent Williams (divorced) |
Although her first appearance as Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock in 1984 was promoted as being her film debut, in fact, Curtis had already made several film and made-for-television movie appearances. Her performance in the film drew mixed reception from Trek fans and she reprised the role of Saavik for a brief appearance in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.[1][2][3]
She co-starred in the 1983 episode "Short Notice" during the first season of the Knight Rider television series. In 1991, she portrayed Carol Pulaski on the soap opera General Hospital. In 1993, Curtis portrayed an unrelated Vulcan character disguised as a Romulan (Tallera/T'Paal) in the two-part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation "Gambit". In the Babylon 5 episode "Deathwalker" (1994), she appeared as Abbai Ambassador Kalika.
She also appeared in the television series Dream On, Herman's Head, Night Court, MacGyver, Johnny Bago, Seventh Heaven, and The Equalizer.
Curtis's other film work includes Hexed, Ghost Story, Shootdown, In Love with an Older Woman, A White Thread, A Black Thread, and LBJ - The Early Years in which she played the role of Jacqueline Kennedy.
Curtis has numerous stage credits in regional and national theatre, including Gyspy, Applause, Oliver!, ...And Other Songs in New York City. She performed in The City Suite Off Broadway and in Garden in Los Angeles. Other work includes The Nerd, The Man of La Mancha, and George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Tree. She has also appeared in several television commercials and infomercials.
After making frequent appearances in the mid-1990s, as of early 2014 she was only making occasional appearances at Star Trek conventions.
In 2004, Curtis became a residential real estate agent in Manlius, New York. In the middle of the following year, she debuted her one-woman show, a work-in-progress, Not My Bra, You Don't! - The Sexual Odyssey of a Forty-Nine Year Old Woman.
Curtis was briefly married to the actor Kent Williams.[citation needed]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1981 | Ghost Story | Rea Dedham | |
1984 | Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | Lieutenant Saavik | |
1986 | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home | ||
1993 | Hexed | Rebecca | |
1994 | The Unborn 2 | Linda Holt | |
1994 | Babyfever | Carol | |
1995 | Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero | Major Marin | |
1996 | Dark Breed | Marian | |
1996 | Santa with Muscles | Leslie | |
1998 | Recoil | Julie Sloan | |
1998 | Scorpio One | Shannon Brey | |
1999 | The Sex Monster | Woman on Street | |
1999 | Making Contact |
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