Occupation Actress Role Actress | Name Tricia O'Neil | |
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Born March 11, 1945 (age 79) ( 1945-03-11 ) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. Movies Piranha II: The Spawning, The Gumball Rally, Babylon 5: In the Beginning, A Woman Scorned: The Betty, Are You in the House Alone? Similar People Ovidio G Assonitis, Charles Bail, Walter Grauman, James Cameron, Dick Lowry | ||
TV shows How to Survive a Marriage Years active 1972–2001 Education McAllen High School Alma mater Baylor University Known for Two by Two Captain Rachel Garrett in Yesterday's Enterprise, Star Trek: The Next Generation Lisa / Christine Ames in Labyrinth, Hawaii Five-O Spouse James Van Valkenburg Nationality American | ||
Tricia O'Neil (born March 11, 1945) is an American actress.
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Tricia O'Neill harassed by bikers in 'The Gumball Rally' (1976)
Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, O'Neil began her career as a model and cover girl before turning to acting. She first appeared in television commercials, then was cast in many popular television series. She made an early appearance opposite Peter Falk as a dog trainer in a 1978 episode of Columbo titled "How to Dial a Murder". She played Dr. Maggie "Mo" Sullivan in the early first-season episode "Black Day at Bad Rock" of The A-Team (NBC, 1983) and was popular enough to be one of the very few guest characters to return in a later episode (the second-season episode "Deadly Maneuvers", 1983).
Other appearances include as nightclub singer Julie Heller in the episode "Murder! Murder!" of The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978, NBC), as Dorothy Fulton in Hart to Hart (1979, ABC), as female stunt woman "Charlie" in the episode of the same name in the first season of The Fall Guy (1981, ABC), in Remington Steele (1982), as conniving "other woman" Ashley Vickers in the pilot episode of Murder, She Wrote (1984, CBS), as a pushy reporter in the second-season episode "Catch Of The Day" in Riptide (1984, NBC), as the owner of a travelling wild west rodeo show in the third-season Airwolf episode "Annie Oakley" (1985), and separate roles in three episodes of Matlock from 1989-1994.
She portrayed the Captain Rachel Garrett of the U.S.S. Enterprise (NCC-1701-C) in Star Trek: The Next Generation in the episode "Yesterday's Enterprise" and the Klingon Kurak, in the episode "Suspicions". Later she guest-starred on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Cardassian Korinas in the episode "Defiant".
She also guest-starred in the Babylon 5 season-one episode "Believers" (1994) as "M'ola". Later on, she played the Earth Alliance President in the Babylon 5 TV movie Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998). O'Neil's film credits include roles in The Legend of Nigger Charley (1972), The Gumball Rally (1976), Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977), Are You in the House Alone? (1978), Brave New World (1980), Piranha II: The Spawning (1981), Ted & Venus (1991) and Titanic (1997). She received a Theatre World Award for her performance in the Broadway musical Two by Two with Danny Kaye.