Diana Muldaur | |
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Muldaur at the 1990 Emmy Awards
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Born |
Diana Charlton Muldaur August 19, 1938 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1965–1993 |
Known for | L.A. Law, Star Trek: The Next Generation, McCloud, Born Free |
Spouse(s) | James Vickery 1969-1979; his death Robert Dozier 1981-2012; his death |
Diana Charlton Muldaur (born August 19, 1938) is an American film and television actress. Muldaur's television roles include L.A. Law's Rosalind Shays and Dr. Katherine Pulaski in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She has been nominated for an Emmy three times: twice for L.A. Law and once for Born Free. She was also nominated twice for a Q award for L.A. Law.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard, Muldaur started acting in high school and continued on through college, graduating from Sweet Briar College in Virginia in 1960. She studied acting under Stella Adler and made her name on the New York stage. She was at one point a board member of the Screen Actors Guild and was the first woman to serve as president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (1983–1985).
In 1965, Muldaur landed the role of Ann Wicker in the CBS daytime soap opera The Secret Storm. She then did a five-episode arc as Jeannie Orloff in the final season of Richard Chamberlain's NBC medical drama, Dr. Kildare.
Various roles as a guest star in episodes of numerous television shows followed, including Bonanza, I Spy, The Courtship of Eddie's Father, The Invaders, Mannix, Mod Squad, Hawaii Five-O, The F.B.I., The Virginian, and a two-episode arc on the Ben Gazzarra drama Run for Your Life.