Diana Muldaur
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| Diana Muldaur | |
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 Diana at the 2006 Star Trek Las Vegas Convention |
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| Born | August 19, 1938 New York City, U.S.A. |
| Spouse(s) | Robert Dozier |
Diana Muldaur (born August 19, 1938 in New York City) is an American television and film actress.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Career
Muldaur is probably best known for playing L.A. Law's Rosalind Shays (the tough, sharp litigator who plummeted to her death down an empty elevator shaft in an infamous 1991 episode), and Dr. Katherine Pulaski in the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Muldaur also performed the part of a doctor by providing the voice of Dr. Leslie Thompkins in Batman: The Animated Series.
She starred in movies such as The Other, One More Train to Rob, McQ, The Lawyer.
She worked with L.A. Law co-star Richard Dysart at New York's legendary Circle in the Square in the mid 60's.
She was a guest star in the episodes "Return to Tomorrow" and "Is There in Truth No Beauty?" of the original Star Trek, and had a recurring role on the McCloud television series. She also starred in the short-lived TV drama Born Free.
While filming the episode "Unnatural Selection" on TNG and using extensive make-up to make her look older, she and fellow actress Patricia Smith felt so tired that they swore never to work on science fiction again.
This may not be true, as previously stated Diana Muldaur also was a guest star in the original Star Trek series in the episode "Is There in Truth No Beauty?", so she was already familiar with the sci-fi genre as well as the Star Trek franchise in particular
She had guest starred in the Gunsmoke episode "Fandango" (1967) with James Arness. An except of that episode's dialogue was sampled on the Pink Floyd album The Wall, after "Hey You" and before the brief song "Is there anybody out there?" Arness: "Well, there's only about an hour of daylight left, we better get started." Muldaur: "Isn't it unsafe to travel at night?" Arness: "Well, it'll be a lot less safe to stay here, your father's gonna pick up our trail before long." Muldaur: "Can Lorca ride?" Arness: "He'll have to ride...."
Muldaur earned two Emmy-nominations for her role on L.A. Law. The scene where Rosalind and Leland were discovered in bed was ranked as the 38th greatest moment in television in an issue of EGG magazine.
A graduate of Sweet Briar College, Muldaur was at one point a board member of the Screen Actors Guild and later the president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
Retired from acting, Diana Muldaur is an Airedale Terriers breeder, owner, and judge.
Muldaur said, in an interview in 1991[citation needed], that she had some firsthand knowledge about "behind-the-scenes-backstabbing" thanks to the nightmare she lived through on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
She's called the cast of L.A. Law "the closest family".[1]
L.A. Law's Richard Dysart said, in an interview in 2000, that he and Diana are "good friends". He also said that "Diana acted so well, she had the whole country talking".
Diana described Richard Dysart as "wonderful" on The Roy Leonard Show.
Diana described Majel Barrett-Roddenberry as her friend in an interview in 1998.
David E. Kelley often speaks very highly of Diana and her character on L.A. Law: "Believe me, no one relished Roz more than I did". He gives her credit for "churning things up and giving rise to a volatility in the office that wasn't there before".
[edit] Personal life
She is the older sister of singer/songwriter Geoff Muldaur and the aunt of singer/songwriter Jenni Muldaur and singer/songwriter Clare Muldaur-Manchon.[1]
She is currently married to Robert Dozier; she was previously married to James Vickery until his death. She has no children.[1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Diana Muldaur at the Internet Movie Database
- Diana Muldaur at TV.com
- Diana Muldaur article at Memory Alpha, a Star Trek wiki
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