Diana Muldaur 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. Born in New York City, but raised on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Mul...
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Movies
McQ, One More Train to Rob, The Other, The Lawyer, Planet Earth, Chosen Survivors, Murder in Three Acts, The Swimmer, Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion, Beyond Reason, Number One, Maneaters Are Loose!, The Miracle Worker, The Return of Frank Cannon
TV Shows
Star Trek: The Next Generation, L.A. Law, The Tony Randall Show, McCloud, Born Free, The Secret Storm, Harold Robbins' The Survivors, Hizzonner, Fitz and Bones, The Word (US)
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Trademark
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Rosalind Shays in "L.A. Law" (season 4 and 5).
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Piercing eyes
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Dr. Pulaski on "Star Trek: the next generation" (season 2).
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A lot of people ask me why I did Star Trek for a year and I said, "because it sounded wonderful and creative, fun and children's theater." It wasn't any of those things... that was a mistake of mine.
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I just fell in love with it, in love with the history of it, with all of it. I didn't discover film until much later. Beneath my dignity, film was. I was one of those repulsive creatures. (on her early days acting in school plays)
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I worked with him in the mid-'60s on Broadway in New York, and I was just a kid starting out and he was a big star and a character star, and the joy was that because he looked older he was playing wonderful older character roles which made him, I think, the great actor that he is today...he's wonderful! - about her L.A. Law (1986) co-star Richard Dysart.
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About Gene Roddenberry: "The qualities that I admired so in him were his creativity, because in Hollywood they buy you because you're creative and then they try to take it all out of you, to make you commercial, and he never ever gave in." (2006)
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"Most of my career I have played interesting - particularly in my day which was a long time ago - interesting roles that were women doing something other than just motherhood. Sometimes it was just motherhood, which was also just as important. But also it was doctors, lawyers... Certainly that's how Gene always saw me, as a human being on the face of this Earth with some dignity, which is what I have tried to portray in all of my roles ... I think we tend as people to denigrate ourselves often, and the joy of trying to bring whatever that basic wonderful dignified thing is, that is in each and every human being, is very important to me." (2006)
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On doing a "Star Trek" convention after 10 years: "One of the main reasons I'm here, if not the entire reason I'm here, is to celebrate Gene Roddenberry. He discovered me, in many ways, when I was a kid in Hollywood, and he put me in two different segments of the original Star Trek (1966), which were a total joy to do. I cannot tell you how inventive and how creative everybody was who worked on that show, from the actors, the makeup, the hair, the camera ... I will never forget it as long as I live" (2006).
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Had played several doctors on Star Trek before being called in to play Dr. Pulaski. She agreed to take the role on one condition: that the character's first name be changed to Catherine. Gates McFadden, during her time off, played another doctor, Caroline Ryan, in The Hunt for Red October (1990). When McFadden returned to Star Trek, she was unable to appear in Patriot Games (1992), and her role was given to Anne Archer, and renamed Catherine.
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Martha's Vineyard, MA, USA: Looking for a suitable role to restart her career, after being a caregiver to her husband for many years. [January 2013]
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Now living with her husband in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. She has enjoyed time away from Hollywood, and is now looking for a suitable role to restart her career. [January 2000]
Said in an interview in People Magazine in 2000, that the L.A. Law (1986) actors were like family to her, but that she didn't have fond memories of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
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According to director Paul Lynch, Diana had trouble remembering her lines on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). To help her out, her lines were put on cue cards for her to look at. (Star Trek magazine, Sept/Oct 2007).
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Worked together with L.A. Law (1986) co-star Richard Dysart at New York's legendary "Circle in the Square Theatre" in the 1960s.
Diana's younger brother is singer/songwriter Geoff Muldaur.
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The scene where her L.A. Law (1986) character Rosalind Shays is discovered in bed with her enemy Leland McKenzie, played by Richard Dysart, was ranked as the 38th greatest moment in television (the list originally appeared in the March 1991 issue of EGG magazine).
In celebration of the Star Trek (1966) 40th Aniversary, several conventions were held in its honor. Diana hadn't done a Star Trek convention in 10 years. She participated in one in Las Vegas on Sept. 15, 2006, along with several other Star Trek veterans.
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Playmates Toys released an action figure in her likeness as the character "Dr. Pulaski" from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987).
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Appeared in the 1967 Gunsmoke (1955) episode Gunsmoke: Fandango (1967). A portion of this episode can be heard on the album "The Wall" by Pink Floyd, during the intro to the song "Is There Anybody Out There".
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Was the graduation speaker for Sweet Briar College (her alma mater) on 7 May 2000.
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A former Screen Actors Guild board member, she later went on to become president of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
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Former president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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Graduate of Sweet Briar College (1960).
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Fairly well-known breeder, owner, and judge of Airedale Terriers.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Invaders
1968
TV Series
Claire
I Spy
1968
TV Series
Sally
Run for Your Life
1967
TV Series
Dr. Jean Winters
Judd for the Defense
1967
TV Series
Gloria Morton
Gunsmoke
1967
TV Series
Laurel Tyson
New York Television Theatre
1966
TV Series segment: "The Dark Lady of the Sonnets"
- Augustus Does His Bit/The Dark Lady of the Sonnets 1966 ... segment: "The Dark Lady of the Sonnets"
T.H.E. Cat
1966
TV Series
Lilah Hadis
Hawk
1966
TV Series
Laura Case
Dr. Kildare
1966
TV Series
Jeannie Orloff
For the People
1965
TV Series
The Woman
Mr. Broadway
1964
TV Series
Receptionist
The DuPont Show of the Week
1964
TV Series
Dorothy
The Secret Storm
1954
TV Series
Ann Wicker (1965)
Batman: The Animated Series
1992-1993
TV Series
Dr. Leslie Thompkins
The Legend of Prince Valiant
1993
TV Series
Lady Morgana
Empty Nest
1992
TV Series
Sonya Phillips
Hearts Are Wild
1992
TV Series
Locked Up: A Mother's Rage
1991
TV Movie
Frances
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion
1991
TV Movie
Lauren Jeffreys
L.A. Law
1989-1991
TV Series
Rosalind Shays
Matlock
1991
TV Series
Judge Diana Levin
The Return of Sam McCloud
1989
TV Movie
Chris Coughlin
Star Trek: The Next Generation
1988-1989
TV Series
Doctor Pulaski
A Year in the Life
1987-1988
TV Series
Dr. Alice Foley
A Year in the Life
1986
TV Mini-Series
Dr. Alice Foley / Alice
Murder in Three Acts
1986
TV Movie
Angela Stafford
Beyond Reason
1985
Elaine
Murder, She Wrote
1985
TV Series
Alexis Post
The Master
1984
TV Series
Maggie Sinclair
Hart to Hart
1983-1984
TV Series
Janet / Claire Beaumond
Terror at Alcatraz
1982
TV Movie
Terri Seymour
Quincy M.E.
1980-1981
TV Series
Dr. Janet Carlyle
Fitz and Bones
1981
TV Series
Terri Seymour
The Incredible Hulk
1979-1981
TV Series
Sister Anita / Helen Banner
The Return of Frank Cannon
1980
TV Movie
Sally Bingham
B.J. and the Bear
1980
TV Series
Dr. Nivens
Dan August: The Jealousy Factor
1980
TV Movie
Elizabeth
The Miracle Worker
1979
TV Movie
Kate Keller
Hizzonner
1979
TV Series
Ginny
Police Story
1977-1979
TV Series
Jessica Bentley / Margaret Wilson
The Love Boat
1979
TV Series
Laura Akers
$weepstake$
1979
TV Series
Melinda
Fantasy Island
1979
TV Series
Mrs. Castle
Insight
1968-1978
TV Series
Julie Sears / Mrs. Gleason / Stella
The Word
1978
TV Mini-Series
Claire Randall
Maneaters Are Loose!
1978
TV Movie
May Purcell
To Kill a Cop
1978
TV Movie
Agnes Cusack
Carter Country
1978
TV Series
Ms. Barrington
Black Beauty
1978
TV Mini-Series
Elizabeth Sutton
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
1978
TV Series
Leta Manheim
The Tony Randall Show
1976-1978
TV Series
Judge Eleanor Hooper
Lucan
1978
TV Series
Carol Demaree
Rosetti and Ryan
1977
TV Series
Elaine
The Deadly Triangle
1977
TV Movie
Edith Cole
Pine Canyon Is Burning
1977
TV Movie
Sandra
The Streets of San Francisco
1977
TV Series
Judith Winters
McCloud
1970-1977
TV Series
Chris Coughlin
Kingston: Confidential
1977
TV Series
Eileen Muldaur
Hunter
1977
TV Series
Frieda Scott
Police Woman
1977
TV Series
Helen Murphy
Charlie's Angels
1976
TV Series
Rachel LeMaire
Ellery Queen
1976
TV Series
Paulette Sherman
S.W.A.T.
1975
TV Series
Kate Darby
Caribe
1975
TV Series
Laura Springman
The Rockford Files
1975
TV Series
Linda Bannister
Born Free
1974
TV Series
Joy Adamson
Chosen Survivors
1974
Alana Fitzgerald
Planet Earth
1974
TV Movie
Marg
Cannon
1974
TV Series
Ava Brannigan
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1974
TV Series
Martha Melborne
Hog Wild
1974
TV Movie
Martha Melborne
McQ
1974
Lois
Kung Fu
1973
TV Series
Theodora
Mannix
1967-1973
TV Series
Jan Holloway / Leslie Carlson / Fran Webber
The ABC Afternoon Playbreak
1973
TV Series
Ordeal
1973
TV Movie
Kay Damian
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1972-1973
TV Series
Janet / Gloria Shields
Search
1973
TV Series
Sheila
Call to Danger
1973
TV Movie
Carrie Donovan
Hec Ramsey
1973
TV Series
Rose Ryan / Miss Savannah
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors
1972
TV Series
Ann Dahms
Banyon
1972
TV Series
Paula Vander
Medical Center
1972
TV Series
Dr. Harper
Hawaii Five-O
1970-1972
TV Series
Angela / Cathy Wallis
The Other
1972
Alexandra
The F.B.I.
1968-1972
TV Series
Irene Davis / Irene Devers
The Last of the Powerseekers
1971
TV Movie
Belle Wheeler
Ironside
1971
TV Series
Capt. Pauline Daniels
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1971
TV Series
Ann Rolf
The Name of the Game
1971
TV Series
Terry Lanson
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
TV Series
Grace Turner
One More Train to Rob
1971
Katy
The Virginian
1967-1971
TV Series
Rachel Bonham / Laura Messinger
Dan August
1970
TV Series
Elizabeth
Mod Squad
1970
TV Series
Claire Tragis
The Lawyer
1970
Ruth Petrocelli
The Survivors
1969
TV Series
Belle
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969
TV Series
Lynn Bardman
Number One
1969
Ann Marley
The Felony Squad
1968
TV Series
Margaret Collins
Star Trek
1968
TV Series
Dr. Miranda Jones Ann Mulhall
Bonanza
1968
TV Series
Mary Roman
The Outcasts
1968
TV Series
Peg Skinner
The Swimmer
1968
Cynthia
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chaos on the Bridge
2014
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Making It So: Continuing Star Trek - The Next Generation
2012
Video documentary
Herself
The 43rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1991
TV Special
Herself - Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Donahue
1991
TV Series
Herself - Guest
L.A. Law 100th Episode Celebration
1991
TV Movie
Herself / Rosalind Shays
The 42nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1990
TV Special
Herself - Nominee: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Hour Magazine
1988
TV Series
Herself
The 37th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1985
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Governor's Award
The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards
1984
TV Special
Herself - Presenter: Governor's Award
The Alan Hamel Show
1978
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Imps*
2009
Missus Toni (segment "Hola")
Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion
1999
Video Game
Dr. Katherine Pulaski
Ultimate Trek: Star Trek's Greatest Moments
1999
TV Short
Doctor Pulaski
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
1991
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
L.A. Law (1986)
1991
Q Award
Viewers for Quality Television Awards
Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series
L.A. Law (1986)
1990
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
L.A. Law (1986)
1990
Q Award
Viewers for Quality Television Awards
Best Supporting Actress in a Quality Drama Series
L.A. Law (1986)
Known for movies
The Other (1972) as Alexandra
McQ (1974) as Lois
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988-1989) as Doctor Pulaski
$3 Million
