Gates McFadden
Cheryl Gates McFadden (born March 2, 1949 in Cuyahoga Falls , Ohio ) is an American actress and choreographer .
Life
McFadden was born in Cuyahoga Falls , Ohio, in 1949. Her maternal family is of Lithuanian ancestry. She later moved to Paris, where she studied theater and acting with the theater teacher Jacques Lecoq . McFadden then attended Brandeis University and graduated with a bachelor's degree in theater studies .
Still under her name Cheryl McFadden , she had a small supporting role as a secretary in the film The Muppets Conquer Manhattan in 1984 . She became famous for her role as a doctor Dr. Beverly Crusher in the series Starship Enterprise: The Next Century . Since her role did not develop as Gene Roddenberry had imagined, her role in the second season of the series was written out and was replaced by Diana Muldaur . After her role as the new ship doctor Dr. Katherine Pulaski , who are more closely related to Dr. Leonard McCoy should tie in, had proven unpopular with the television audience, McFadden returned to the series after a personal request at the beginning of the third season. At FedCon 2006, she said about her role as Beverly Crusher that she would have liked it to be a little more humorous.
In 1990 she played a supporting role as Caroline Ryan in the movie The Hunt for Red October . After the end of Starship Enterprise: The Next Century , she starred in a supporting role in the short-lived television series Hot Plaster Hawaii in 1995 .
She worked as a choreographer for the fantasy film Die Reise ins Labyrinth , for which she worked out the ball sequence and the battle in the goblin city, for example. As the first female lead in a Star Trek series, she also directed an episode ( Season 7 , episode Genesis ).
She is married to John Cleveland Talbot; together they have a son (born June 10, 1991).
Filmography (selection)
- 1984: The Muppets Take Manhattan (The Muppets Take Manhattan)
- 1985: Rhapsody in lead ( Rustlers' Rhapsody )
- 1985: The Real Life of Alice in Wonderland ( Dreamchild )
- 1985: When Nature Calls
- 1986: The Wizard (TV series)
- 1986: The Journey into the Labyrinth (Labyrinth)
- 1987: The Bill Cosby Show ( The Cosby Show ; TV series, episode 3x20)
- 1987–1994: Spaceship Enterprise: The Next Century ( Star Trek: The Next Generation , TV series, 155 episodes)
- 1990: The Hunt for Red October (The Hunt for Red October)
- 1990: Filofax - I am you and you are nothing (Taking Care of Business)
- 1992: Going the Distance (Mad About You, television series, 2 episodes)
- 1994: Star Trek: Generations (Star Trek: Generations)
- 1995: Hot Patch Hawaii ( Marker , TV series, 13 episodes)
- 1995-1996: Mad About You ( Mad About You , television series, four episodes)
- 1996: Star Trek: First Contact
- 1998: Star Trek: Insurrection
- 2000: Practice - The Lawyers ( The Practice , TV series, episode 4x14)
- 2002: Star Trek: Nemesis (Star Trek Nemesis)
- 2009: A Celebration Surprise (Make The Yuletide Gay)
- 2011–2013: Franklin & Bash (TV series, four episodes)
- 2015: Scary Endings (TV series, 1 episode)
- 2017: Navy CIS (TV series, one episode)
- 2017: A Neighbor's Deception
Web links
- Gates McFadden at theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Gates McFadden in the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Gates McFadden in the Star Trek wiki Memory Alpha
- Homepage of Gates McFadden
- Gates McFadden in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ralph Sander : The Star Trek Universe. Volume 1, 3rd edition. Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-453-07759-8 , p. 315.
- ^ Edward Gross, Mark A. Altman: Captain's Log . HEEL-Verlag, Königswinter 1994, ISBN 3-89365-376-7 , p. 207.
- ↑ Entry at filmreference.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | McFadden, Gates |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McFadden, Cheryl Gates (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cuyahoga Falls , Ohio , United States |