Joanne Linville

'Joanne Linville' (qv) made her mark on television from the 1950s-1980s, appearing in such respected anthology series as _Studio One in Hollywood (1948)_ (qv), _Kraft Theatre (1947)_ (qv) and _Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)_ (qv), among others. While her film work consisted mainly of smaller character roles and she never had regular roles on television, she guest-starred on numerous series over her career, often in Westerns but, especially in the 1970s, in a variety of drama and detective series. _Star Trek: The Original Series (1966)_ (qv) fans will remember her in the episode "The Enterprise Incident", in which she played a Romulan commander--the first female Romulan ever portrayed on the series--who goes up against Captain James T. Kirk and is romanced by Mr. Spock.The ex-wife of director 'Mark Rydell' (qv), she has two children by that marriage who are also actors, 'Amy Rydell' (qv) and 'Christopher Rydell' (qv). She was a master teacher at 'Stella Adler' (qv)'s Academy and later started her own acting school.::frankfob2@yahoo.com