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Robin Curtis
American actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robin Curtis (born 1955 or 1956[1]) is an American actress. She is best known for replacing Kirstie Alley in the role of Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.[2][3][4][5]
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Early years
Curtis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Curtis;[6] her hometown is New York Mills, New York.[1] She has two brothers.[7] In 1974 she graduated from New York Mills Union Free School,[6] where she acted in plays.[7] She graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1978,[6] majoring in theater and communications.[1]
Career
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Film
Curtis' first film was Ghost Story (1981). Next she starred as Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984).[3][8][4][5] Her performance in the film drew a mixed reception from Trek fans.[2] For The Search for Spock, Curtis was paid $30,000.[9] She reprised the role of Saavik for a brief appearance in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).[10][11][12]
In the 1990s, Curtis was in Hexed,[13] The Unborn 2,[14] Babyfever, Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero,[15] Hostile Intentions,[16] Dark Breed,[17] Santa with Muscles,[18] Recoil, Scorpio One,[19] The Sex Monster,[20][21] and Making Contact.
In 2022, Curtis was cast in the horror film Awaken the Reaper,[22][23] her first film role since 1999.[24]
Television
She co-starred in the 1983 episode "Short Notice" during the first season of the Knight Rider television series. Curtis guest starred as Company operative Ginger Brock in The Equalizer, in the 1986 episode, "Dead Drop." In 1991, she portrayed Carol Pulaski on the soap opera General Hospital. In 1993, she portrayed an unrelated Vulcan character disguised as a Romulan (Tallera/T'Paal) in the two-part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation titled "Gambit".[25][26][27] In the Babylon 5 episode "Deathwalker" (1994), she appeared as Abbai Ambassador Kalika.
Curtis also appeared in the television series Dream On, Herman's Head, Night Court, MacGyver, and Johnny Bago. She starred in the made-for-TV movies In Love with an Older Woman, First Affair, Northstar, LBJ: The Early Years as Jacqueline Kennedy,[28][29][30] Shootdown,[31] and Tagteam.[32]
Stage and commercial work
Curtis has numerous stage credits in regional and national theatre, including Gyspy, Applause, Oliver!, and ...And Other Songs in New York City. She performed in The City Suite off Broadway and in Garden in Los Angeles. Her other work includes The Nerd, The Man of La Mancha, and The Apple Tree. She has also appeared in several television commercials and infomercials.
Curtis made frequent appearances at Star Trek conventions starting in 1986[33][34] to the mid-1990s, but by 2014, she was appearing only occasionally. She became a residential real estate agent in 2004 and the following year debuted her one-woman show, a work-in-progress, Not My Bra, You Don't! – The Sexual Odyssey of a Forty-Nine-Year-Old Woman.[35]
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Personal life
Curtis married Kent Williams while meeting on the set of The New Mike Hammer. They divorced soon afterwards.[36]
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