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Susan Howard (born 28 January 1944; age 80) is a television actress who played Mara, the first female Klingon to appear in Star Trek, and one of only two (and the only one with a speaking part) ever seen in the original series, in the episode "Day of the Dove".
She is best known for playing Donna Culver Krebbs in the primetime soap opera Dallas from 1979 through 1987. This role actually began with a single guest appearance in 1978, but the producers liked her performance so much that they asked her to return, and she played the character for an additional nine years. Throughout her run on this series, she co-starred with other Trek actors, including Barbara Babcock, Joanna Cassidy, Glenn Corbett, Barry Jenner, Leigh J. McCloskey, Derek McGrath, Bert Remsen, William Smithers, Paul Sorenson, Ray Wise, and Morgan Woodward. Howard also tried her hand at writing for the series, ultimately becoming a member of the Writers Guide of America, a position which she currently still holds.
Prior to this, Howard had made guest appearances on such TV series as I Dream of Jeannie, The Flying Nun, Bonanza, and Mission: Impossible. In 1974, she was cast in the TV crime drama Petrocelli, playing Petrocelli's wife (a role played by Diana Muldaur in the 1970 movie The Lawyer, from which the Petrocelli series was spun off.) Her performance on this series garnered her both an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe nomination. Despite this, the series was canceled in 1976.
Shortly after working with Michael Ansara on Star Trek, she appeared with him in an episode of Here Come the Brides, a series which starred TOS guest stars Robert Brown, Mark Lenard and David Soul.
Howard has also starred in a number of made-for-TV movies, including The Silent Gun (1969, with Michael Forest), Columbo: The Most Crucial Game (1972, with James Gregory and Dean Stockwell), Savage (1973, with Bill Quinn), Night Games (1974, with Henry Darrow), Indict and Convict (1974, with her TOS co-star, William Shatner), and Superdome (1978, with Jane Wyatt, and Michael Pataki). Her only known major feature film appearance was in the 1977 drama Moonshine County Express, co-starring fellow TOS guest stars Morgan Woodward and Jeff Corey.
Howard has since retired from acting, focusing instead on politics. She is currently a member of both the National Rifle Association and the Texas Republican Party.
External links
- Susan Howard at Wikipedia
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