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Joanne Linville in One Step Beyond (Moment of Hate).jpg
Linville in 1960
Born
Beverly Joanne Linville

(1928-01-15)January 15, 1928
Died June 20, 2021(2021-06-20) (aged 93)
Occupation Actress
Years active 1950–2005, 2016
Spouse(s)
(m. 1962; div. 1973)
Children 2, including Christopher Rydell

Beverly Joanne Linville (January 15, 1928 – June 20, 2021) was an American actress. She later taught at the Stella Adler Academy, Los Angeles. She is best known as a Romulan Commander on Star Trek: The Original Series.

Biography

Early life

Linville was born in Bakersfield, California, on January 15, 1928. She attended high school in Long Beach, California, and worked as an oral surgeon's assistant before studying acting. While she studied with Stella Adler, she danced professionally to pay her tuition.

Acting career

..... Linville starred in two television presentations of One Step Beyond— as Aunt Mina in the episode "The Dead Part of the House" (1959) and as Karen Wadsworth in the episode "A Moment of Hate" (1960).

In 1961, she starred in the Twilight Zone episode "The Passersby".

In 1968, she guest-starred as a Romulan commander in Star Trek episode "The Enterprise Incident". This role earned Linville cult status, and remains her best-known performance.

Her other television appearances include Decoy (in the premiere episode), Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Have Gun Will Travel, Coronado 9, Checkmate, Adventures in Paradise, Empire, Gunsmoke (three episodes), Dr. Kildare, Ben Casey, Gunsmoke, Route 66, The Eleventh Hour, I Spy, Bonanza, The Fugitive, The F.B.I. (two episodes), The Invaders (two episodes), Felony Squad, Hawaii Five-O (three episodes), Kojak, Columbo: Candidate for Crime, The Streets of San Francisco (two episodes), Barnaby Jones, Switch, Charlie's Angels, CHiPs, Mrs. Columbo, Dynasty, and L.A. Law.

She appeared in the made-for-TV movies House on Greenapple Road (and the resulting series Dan August) (1970), Secrets (1977), The Critical List (1978), The Users (1978), and The Right of the People (1986). Linville played the mother of Janine Turner's character in Behind the Screen. Linville and George Grizzard starred in "I Kiss Your Shadow", the final episode of the television series Bus Stop.

Linville portrayed Valeria in the Broadway production Daughter of Silence (1961). Linville played gossip columnist Hedda Hopper in the television movie James Dean (2001), directed by her former husband Mark Rydell, who also played Jack L. Warner.

Writing and teaching

Linville retired from acting in the 1980s to concentrate on teaching. She wrote Joanne Linville's Seven Steps to an Acting Craft, which was published in 2011 by Cameron and Company.

She taught "The Power of Language" course at the Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles in 1985. One of her students was Mark Ruffalo, who wrote that she "does not theorise about great acting. She is great acting".

Personal life

Linville was married to actor/director Mark Rydell from 1962 until their divorce in 1973. Linville had two children with Rydell: Amy and Christopher, both actors.

Linville was also an amateur tennis player, and appeared at charity events where people were invited to pay $100 to challenge her in a game.

Death

Linville died on June 20, 2021, aged 93.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1950 Copper Canyon Showgirl Uncredited
1958 The Goddess Joanna
1973 Scorpio Sarah Cross
1976 Gable and Lombard Ria Gable
A Star Is Born Freddie
1982 The ... Dr. Weston
2005 Beyond Lovely Voice over Short film

Partial television credits

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1954–58 Studio One Various roles 6 episodes
1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour Gwyneth Episode: "Gwyneth"
1957 The Alcoa Hour Daisy Sage Episode: "The Animal Kingdom"
Decoy Molly Orchid Episode: "Stranglehold"
Robert Montgomery Presents N/A Episode: "Return Visit"
1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Millie Manners Episode: "The Safe Place"
Kraft Television Theatre Pat Colson Episode: "Killer's Choice"
The United States Steel Hour Martha Purvis Episode: "Old Marshals Never Die"
Suspicion Lois Episode: "Someone Is After Me"
1959 Guiding Light Amy Sinclair
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen N/A Episode: "Bury Me Deep"
The Third Man Marguerite Episode: "Confessions of an Honest Man"
Playhouse 90 June Episode: "In Lonely Expectation"
The DuPont Show of the Month Antonia Episode: "I, Don Quixote"
Deadline Peg Joyce Episode: "Charm Boy"
1960 Hotel de Paree Jennifer Wheatley Episode: "Sundance and the Barren Soil"
1961 Gunsmoke Beulah Parker Episode: "Old Yellow Boots"
Our American Heritage Alice Hathaway Roosevelt Episode: "The Invincible Teddy"
The Twilight Zone Lavinia Episode: "The Passerby"
1962 Bus Stop Donna Gibson Episode: "I Kiss Your Shadow"
1963 The Dick Powell Show Aura Tomlin Episode: "Everybody Loves Sweeney"
1966 Bonanza Maggie Dowling Episode: "The Bridegroom"
1967 The Invaders Angela Smith Episode: "Moonshot"
1968 Professor Pat Reed Episode: "The Pit"
Star Trek Romulan Commander Episode: "The Enterprise Incident"
1969 Judd, for the Defense Paula Miles 2 episodes
1970 House on Greenapple Road Connie Durstine TV movie
1970 Hawaii Five-0 Camilla Carver Kiss the Queen Goodbye
1973 Columbo Vickie Hayward Episode: "Candidate for Crime"
1973 The Streets of San Francisco Rosemary Episode: "Before I Die"
1974 Martha Howard Episode: "One Chance to Live"
1979 Barnaby Jones Mimi Nettleson Chiles 2 episodes
Charlie's Angels Maggie Brill Episode: "Angels Go Truckin"
Mrs. Columbo Paula Episode: "Falling Star"
1981 Behind the Screen Zina Willow Episode: "Pilot"
1982–83 Dynasty Claire Maynard 2 episodes
1986 The Right of the People Rosalind TV movie
1988 L.A. Law Rona Samuels Episode: "Romancing the Drone"
1989 From the Dead of Night Dr. Ann Morgan TV movie
2001 James Dean Hedda Hopper TV movie
2016 Starship Excelsior The Delegate Episode: "Tomorrow's Excelsior"
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