Bibi Besch
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| Born |
Bibiana Maria Köchert February 1, 1942 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | September 7, 1996 (aged 54) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Breast cancer |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1954-1996 |
| Spouse(s) | Donald B. Mathis (?-1973) (divorced) (1 child) |
| Children | Samantha Mathis |
| Parent(s) |
Gotfrid Köchert Gusti Huber |
Bibi Besch (born Bibiana Maria Köchert; February 1, 1942 – September 7, 1996) was an Austrian-born American actress. She appeared in several television shows and movies, and received an Emmy Award in 1992.
Bibiana Maria Köchert was born in Vienna, Austria in 1942, the younger of two daughters born to theater actress Gusti Huber, who starred in German films during World War II, and , an Austrian racing driver, who served in the Wehrmacht during World War II. She had an elder sister, Christiana Barbara Köchert (August 17, 1939 – August 13, 2004). Gusti and her two daughters remained in Vienna throughout World War II, emigrating to the United States after the war ended. Joseph Besch, a radio executive and former U.S. Army captain, married Huber, a divorcee, in 1946, and became Huber's daughters' stepfather; his stepchildren took his surname. Huber and Besch later had two children, born in the United States, Drea and Andrew, the half-siblings of Bibiana and Christiana. Bibi, her sister and half-siblings, grew up in Chappaqua, New York, where they attended local elementary and junior high schools. She graduated from Horace Greeley High School there in 1959, and attended Connecticut College for Women, but, before graduating, moved to New York City to become an actress. Her only child is Samantha Mathis, also an actress.
Besch appeared in a variety of television series, including Street Hawk, The Edge of Night, The Secret Storm, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, Dallas, The Golden Girls, Somerset, Backstairs at the White House, It's Garry Shandling's Show, and Date with an Angel. She played Dr. Carol Marcus, the early love of Admiral James T. Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), and her other films included roles in Victory at Entebbe (1976), The Pack (1977), The Promise (1979), Meteor (1979), The Beast Within (1982), The Lonely Lady (1983), The Day After (1983), Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (1986), He's My Girl (1987), Who's That Girl (1987), Steel Magnolias (1989), Tremors (1990), and Betsy's Wedding (1990).
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