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.

Robin Curtis
Curtis in 2015
Born	New York Mills, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, real estate broker
Years active	Acting: 1981–1999
Spouse	Kent Williams (divorced)

Life and career

Film and television work

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.

Stage and commercial work

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.

Post-acting career

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.

Personal life

Curtis was briefly married to the actor Kent Williams.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Television

• Knight Rider (Season 1): Short Notice (1983) as Nicole Turner
• MacGyver (Season 1): The Gauntlet (1985) as Kate Connelly
• MacGyver (1985 TV series) (Season 2)
• The Equalizer (1986 TV Series - Season 1) as Ginger Brock
• LBJ: The Early Years (1987) as Jacqueline Kennedy
• Night Court (Season 6) (1990) as Dr. Judith Malloy
• General Hospital (1991) as Carol Pulaski
• Herman's Head (1992) as Diane Shaw
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (US TV Series) (1993) in "Gambit, Parts One And Two," as Tallera / T'Paal
• Babylon 5 (US TV Series) (1994) as Ambassador Kalika
• Space: Above and Beyond (US TV series) (1995) as Andrea Wilkins

References

External links

• Robin Curtis at IMDb
• Robin Curtis at AllMovie
• Interview with Robin Curtis on the podcast The Future and You

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