Joanne Linville

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Joanne Linville
Los Angeles, California
, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1950–2005, 2016
Spouse
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(m. 1962; div. 1973)​
Children2, including Christopher Rydell

Beverly Joanne Linville[citation needed] (January 15, 1928 – June 20, 2021) was an American actress. She later taught at the Stella Adler Academy, Los Angeles.[1] Linville guest-starred as a Romulan Commander on Star Trek: The Original Series.

Biography

Early life

Linville was born in Bakersfield, California, on January 15, 1928.[2] 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.[3]

Acting career

Linville's motion-picture credits include The Goddess (1958), Scorpio (1973), Gable and Lombard (1976), A Star Is Born (1976), The Seduction (1982), and James Dean (2001).

In 1959, Linville appeared on the

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".[4] Also in 1961, she was in the second episode of The Defenders with William Shatner.

In 1968, she guest-starred as a Romulan commander in Star Trek[5] episode "The Enterprise Incident". In this episode she falls for Spock after taking him aboard her spaceship for violating Romulan territory. She offers Spock an opportunity to command a ship of his own if he agrees to lead some Romulans on board the Enterprise and bring it to Romulus. Spock pretends to go along with her in order to steal the cloaking device from her ship, and he is successful. In the aftermath, however, Spock tells her that although “military secrets are the most fleeting of all”, he hopes that what they exchanged between them is “something more permanent”. This role earned Linville cult status, and remains her best-known performance.[6]

Her other television appearances include

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

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).[7] Linville played the mother of Janine Turner's character in Behind the Screen.[8] 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).[9] 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.[6] She wrote Joanne Linville's Seven Steps to an Acting Craft, which was published in 2011 by Cameron and Company.[citation needed]

She taught "The Power of Language" course at the Stella Adler Academy in Los Angeles in 1985.[5] One of her students was Mark Ruffalo, who wrote that she "does not theorise about great acting. She is great acting".[6]

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.[6]

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.[6]

Death

Linville died on June 20, 2021, aged 93.[10]

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 Seduction 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 — Episode: "Return Visit"
1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Millie Manners Season 3 Episode 36: "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
 — 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"
One Step Beyond
 Aunt Minna Boswell Episode: "The Dead Part of the House"
1960 Hotel de Paree Jennifer Wheatley Episode: "Sundance and the Barren Soil"
Have Gun – Will Travel Maggie Episode: "Saturday Night"
1961 Gunsmoke Beulah Parker Episode: "Old Yellow Boots"
Our American Heritage
Alice Hathaway Roosevelt
 Episode: "The Invincible Teddy"
The Twilight Zone Lavinia Episode: "The Passersby"
1962 Bus Stop Donna Gibson Episode: "I Kiss Your Shadow"
1962 Gunsmoke Susan Bart Episode: "The Ditch"
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"

References

  1. ^ Nelson, Valerie J. (2011-05-28). "Irene Gilbert dies at 76; cofounder of Stella Adler's Los Angeles acting academy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
  2. ^ Keveney, Bill (June 22, 2021). "'Joanne Linville, 'Star Trek' Romulan commander and 'Twilight Zone' actress, dead at 93". USA Today. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  3. Newspapers.com
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  4. ISBN 9781613738917
    . Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Joanne Linville". stellaadler.la. Stella Adler Academy of Acting & Theatre-Los Angeles. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e "Joanne Linville Obituary". The Times. June 25, 2021.
  7. ^ Marill, Alvin H. Movies Made for Television: The Telefeature and the Mini-Series 1964-1986, pp. 88, 190, 351, 367, 434
  8. ^ Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946-Present (4th edition). New York, Ballantine Books, 1988, p. 70
  9. ^ "Joanne Linville". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  10. ^ Pedersen, Erik (June 21, 2021). "Joanne Linville Dead: 'Star Trek' Romulan Commander Had Dozens Of Screen Credits". Deadline.

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