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'''Robin Curtis''' (born {{Birth based on age as of date |37|1993|10|3|noage=1}}<ref name=longview/>) is an American actress. She is best known for replacing [[Kirstie Alley]] in the role of [[Vulcan (Star Trek)|Vulcan]] Lieutenant [[Saavik]] in the film ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]''.<ref name=Seibold>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1675679/robin-curtis-star-trek-blames-leonard-nimoy-saviik-complaint/|title=Star Trek's Robin Curtis Blames Leonard Nimoy For A Common Saavik Complaint|first=Witney|last=Seibold|website=[[/Film]]|publisher=[[Static Media]]|date=September 29, 2024|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref name=John>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/star-trek-3-kirstie-alley-saavik-not-return-why/|title=Why Kirstie Alley Didn't Return As Saavik For Star Trek III|first=John|last=Orquiol|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=March 8, 2024|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref name=Schnakenberg>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Encyclopedia_Shatnerica/YP1bAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22+Actress+Robin+Curtis%22&pg=PA18&printsec=frontcover|title=The Encyclopedia Shatnerica: An A to Z Guide to the Man and His Universe|first=Robert|last=Schnakenberg|publisher=[[Quirk Books]]|location=[[Philadelphia]]|page=18|year=2014|ISBN=9781594747762}}</ref><ref name=Altman>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Fifty_Year_Mission_The_Complete_Unce/KG0fDAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA457&printsec=frontcover|title=The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years|first1=Edward|last1=Gross|first2=Mark A.|last2=Altman|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|location=[[New York City]]|year=2016|page=457|ISBN=9781250065841}}</ref>
'''Robin Curtis''' (born {{Birth based on age as of date |37|1993|10|3|noage=1}}<ref name=longview/>) is an American actress. She is best known for replacing [[Kirstie Alley]] in the role of [[Vulcan (Star Trek)|Vulcan]] Lieutenant [[Saavik]] in the film ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]''.<ref name=Seibold>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1675679/robin-curtis-star-trek-blames-leonard-nimoy-saviik-complaint/|title=Star Trek's Robin Curtis Blames Leonard Nimoy For A Common Saavik Complaint|first=Witney|last=Seibold|website=[[/Film]]|publisher=[[Static Media]]|date=September 29, 2024|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref name=John>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/star-trek-3-kirstie-alley-saavik-not-return-why/|title=Why Kirstie Alley Didn't Return As Saavik For Star Trek III|first=John|last=Orquiol|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=March 8, 2024|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref name=Schnakenberg>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YP1bAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22+Actress+Robin+Curtis%22&pg=PA18|title=The Encyclopedia Shatnerica: An A to Z Guide to the Man and His Universe|first=Robert|last=Schnakenberg|publisher=[[Quirk Books]]|location=[[Philadelphia]]|page=18|year=2014|isbn=9781594747762}}</ref><ref name=Altman>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KG0fDAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA457|title=The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years|first1=Edward|last1=Gross|first2=Mark A.|last2=Altman|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press]]|location=[[New York City]]|year=2016|page=457|isbn=9781250065841}}</ref>


==Early years==
==Early years==
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== Career ==
== Career ==
=== Film ===
=== Film ===
Curtis' first film was ''[[Ghost Story (1981 film)|Ghost Story]]'' (1981). Next she starred as Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'' (1984).<ref name=John/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tWEeAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA27&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22&article_id=3417,4606660&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikkY7boLeNAxXe5ckDHTSDF_IQ6AF6BAgLEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Robin%20Curtis%22&f=false|title=Robin Curtis: New Vulcan Aboard|page=27|first=Vernon|last=Scott|work=[[TimesDaily]]|publisher=Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc.|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=June 17, 1984|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref name=Schnakenberg/><ref name=Altman/> Her performance in the film drew a mixed reception from [[Star Trek Fan|Trek fans]].<ref name=Seibold/> For ''The Search for Spock'', Curtis was paid [[United States dollar|$]]30,000.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Phasers_on_Stun/1qVPEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA171&printsec=frontcover|title=Phasers on Stun! How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World|page=171|first=Ryan|last=Britt|publisher=[[Penguin Group|Penguin Publishing Group]]|location=[[London]]|year=2022|ISBN=9780593185698}}</ref> She reprised the role of Saavik for a brief appearance in ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trekmovie.com/2007/01/01/review-star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock/|title=Review – Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|first=Jeff|last=Bond|website=[[TrekMovie.com]]|publisher=SciFanatic Network|date=January 1, 2007|accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Joel B. Kirk|url=http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=106p014qilipifd@news.supernews.com|title=Retrospective: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) – rec.arts.sf.reviews &#124; Google Groups|date=April 1, 2004|accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=77|title=Fist Full of Comics & Games – Star Trek Movies|website=|publisher=Fist Full of Comics & Games, LLC|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304005652/http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=77|date=March 4, 2007|accessdate=February 4, 2008|archive-date=March 4, 2007}}</ref>
Curtis' first film was ''[[Ghost Story (1981 film)|Ghost Story]]'' (1981). Next she starred as Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in ''[[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]'' (1984).<ref name=John/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tWEeAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22&pg=PA27&article_id=3417,4606660|title=Robin Curtis: New Vulcan Aboard|page=27|first=Vernon|last=Scott|work=[[TimesDaily]]|publisher=Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc.|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=June 17, 1984|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref name=Schnakenberg/><ref name=Altman/> Her performance in the film drew a mixed reception from [[Star Trek Fan|''Trek'' fans]].<ref name=Seibold/> For ''The Search for Spock'', Curtis was paid [[United States dollar|$]]30,000.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qVPEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA171|title=Phasers on Stun! How the Making (and Remaking) of Star Trek Changed the World|page=171|first=Ryan|last=Britt|publisher=[[Penguin Group|Penguin Publishing Group]]|location=[[London]]|year=2022|isbn=9780593185698}}</ref> She reprised the role of Saavik for a brief appearance in ''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'' (1986).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://trekmovie.com/2007/01/01/review-star-trek-iii-the-search-for-spock/|title=Review – Star Trek III: The Search For Spock|first=Jeff|last=Bond|website=[[TrekMovie.com]]|publisher=SciFanatic Network|date=January 1, 2007|accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Joel B. Kirk|url=http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=106p014qilipifd@news.supernews.com|title=Retrospective: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) – rec.arts.sf.reviews &#124; Google Groups|date=April 1, 2004|accessdate=June 20, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=77|title=Fist Full of Comics & Games – Star Trek Movies|website=|publisher=Fist Full of Comics & Games, LLC|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070304005652/http://www.fistfullofcomics.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=77|date=March 4, 2007|accessdate=February 4, 2008|archive-date=March 4, 2007}}</ref>


In the 1990s, Curtis was in ''[[Hexed]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/1993/1/28/20087747/film-review-hexed/|title=Film review: Hexed|first=Chris|last=Hicks|website=[[Deseret News]]|publisher=[[Deseret Management Corporation]]|date=January 29, 1983|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''[[The Unborn 2]]'',<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Horror_Films_of_the_1990s/Q60poKxIN7cC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22+Actress+Robin+Curtis%22&pg=PA353&printsec=frontcover|title=Horror Films of the 1990s|page=353|first=John Kenneth|last=Muir|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina|Jefferson]]|year=2011|ISBN=9780786484805}}</ref> ''Babyfever'', ''[[Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/db/movie/bloodfist-vi-ground-zero/|title=Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero|first=|last=|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''Hostile Intentions'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/864684/best-movies-of-2022/|title=Catherine Cyran, Writer Of Roger Corman Movies Like Slumber Party Massacre III, Has Died At 59|first=BJ|last=Colangelo|website=[[/Film]]|publisher=[[Static Media]]|date=January 2, 2023|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''Dark Breed'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/db/movie/dark-breed/|title=Dark Breed|first=|last=|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''[[Santa with Muscles]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/santa-with-muscles-1200447631/|title=Santa with Muscles|first=Joe|last=Leydon|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|date=June 21, 199|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''[[Recoil (1998 film)|Recoil]]'', ''Scorpio One'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/db/movie/scorpio-one/|title=Scorpio One|first=|last=|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''[[The Sex Monster]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/the-sex-monster-1200458021/|title=The Sex Monster|first=Todd|last=McCarthy|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|date=June 21, 199|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-sex-monster-1798195566|title=The Sex Monster|first=Nathan|last=Rabin|website=[[AV Club]]|publisher=Paste Media Group|date=March 29, 2002|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> and ''Making Contact''.
In the 1990s, Curtis was in ''[[Hexed (1993 film)|Hexed]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/1993/1/28/20087747/film-review-hexed/|title=Film review: Hexed|first=Chris|last=Hicks|website=[[Deseret News]]|publisher=[[Deseret Management Corporation]]|date=January 29, 1983|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''[[The Unborn 2]]'',<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q60poKxIN7cC&dq=%22+Actress+Robin+Curtis%22&pg=PA353|title=Horror Films of the 1990s|page=353|first=John Kenneth|last=Muir|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina|Jefferson]]|year=2011|isbn=9780786484805}}</ref> ''Babyfever'', ''[[Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/db/movie/bloodfist-vi-ground-zero/|title=Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero|first=|last=|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''Hostile Intentions'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/864684/best-movies-of-2022/|title=Catherine Cyran, Writer Of Roger Corman Movies Like Slumber Party Massacre III, Has Died At 59|first=BJ|last=Colangelo|website=[[/Film]]|publisher=[[Static Media]]|date=January 2, 2023|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''Dark Breed'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/db/movie/dark-breed/|title=Dark Breed|first=|last=|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''[[Santa with Muscles]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1996/film/reviews/santa-with-muscles-1200447631/|title=Santa with Muscles|first=Joe|last=Leydon|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|date=June 21, 199|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''[[Recoil (1998 film)|Recoil]]'', ''Scorpio One'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/db/movie/scorpio-one/|title=Scorpio One|first=|last=|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''[[The Sex Monster]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/the-sex-monster-1200458021/|title=The Sex Monster|first=Todd|last=McCarthy|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|date=June 21, 199|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/the-sex-monster-1798195566|title=The Sex Monster|first=Nathan|last=Rabin|website=[[AV Club]]|publisher=Paste Media Group|date=March 29, 2002|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> and ''Making Contact''.


In 2022, Curtis was cast in the horror film ''Awaken the Reaper'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=London|first=Rob|date=November 30, 2022|title=Robin Curtis Joins Horror Movie 'Awaken The Reaper' After 23-Year Acting Hiatus|url=https://collider.com/awaken-the-reaper-cast-louis-gossett-jr-lance-henriksen-robin-curtis/|access-date=December 8, 2022|website=[[Valnet#Collider|Collider]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/lance-henriksen-louis-gossett-jr-robin-curtis-horror-awaken-the-reaper-1235183646/|title=Lance Henriksen, Louis Gossett Jr & Robin Curtis Lead Horror ‘Awaken The Reaper’|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=November 9, 2022|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref> her first film role since 1999.<ref>{{cite news|last=Creith|first=Matthew|title=Star Trek Star Making A Comeback After Long Retirement|date=November 30, 2022|work=Giant Freakin Robot|publisher=Walk Big Media|url=https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/star-trek-robin-curtis-comeback.html|access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref>
In 2022, Curtis was cast in the horror film ''Awaken the Reaper'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=London|first=Rob|date=November 30, 2022|title=Robin Curtis Joins Horror Movie 'Awaken The Reaper' After 23-Year Acting Hiatus|url=https://collider.com/awaken-the-reaper-cast-louis-gossett-jr-lance-henriksen-robin-curtis/|access-date=December 8, 2022|website=[[Valnet#Collider|Collider]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/11/lance-henriksen-louis-gossett-jr-robin-curtis-horror-awaken-the-reaper-1235183646/|title=Lance Henriksen, Louis Gossett Jr & Robin Curtis Lead Horror 'Awaken The Reaper'|first=Andreas|last=Wiseman|date=November 9, 2022|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref> her first film role since 1999.<ref>{{cite news|last=Creith|first=Matthew|title=Star Trek Star Making A Comeback After Long Retirement|date=November 30, 2022|work=Giant Freakin Robot|publisher=Walk Big Media|url=https://www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/star-trek-robin-curtis-comeback.html|access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref>


=== Television ===
=== Television ===
She co-starred in the 1983 episode "[[List of Knight Rider episodes#Season one (1982–1983)|Short Notice]]" during the first season of the ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' television series. Curtis guest starred as Company operative Ginger Brock in ''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]'', in the 1986 episode, "[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series) season 1#ep15|Dead Drop]]."  In 1991, she portrayed Carol Pulaski on the soap opera ''[[General Hospital]]''. In 1993, she portrayed an unrelated Vulcan character disguised as a Romulan (Tallera/T'Paal) in the two-part episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' titled "[[Gambit (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Gambit]]".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Science_Fiction_Television_Series/qXeNAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT822&printsec=frontcover|title=Science Fiction Television Series Episode Guides, Histories, and Casts and Credits for 62 Prime-Time Shows, 1959 Through 1989|first1=Mark|last1=Phillips|first2=Frank|last2=Garcia|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina|Jefferson]]|page=822|year=2014|ISBN=9781476610306}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Star_Trek_Encyclopedia/cbYf2l7gczUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT631&printsec=frontcover|title=The Star Trek Encyclopedia|first1=Michael|last1=Okuda|first2=Denise|last2=Okuda|first3=Debbie|last3=Mirek|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|location=[[New York City]]|page=631|year=2011|ISBN=9781451646887}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Star_Trek_Encyclopedia/cbYf2l7gczUC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT632&printsec=frontcover|title=The Star Trek Encyclopedia|first1=Michael|last1=Okuda|first2=Denise|last2=Okuda|first3=Debbie|last3=Mirek|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|location=[[New York City]]|page=632|year=2011|ISBN=9781451646887}}</ref> In the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' episode "[[Deathwalker]]" (1994), she appeared as [[Civilizations in Babylon 5#Abbai|Abbai]] Ambassador Kalika.
She co-starred in the 1983 episode "[[List of Knight Rider episodes#Season one (1982–1983)|Short Notice]]" during the first season of the ''[[Knight Rider (1982 TV series)|Knight Rider]]'' television series. Curtis guest starred as Company operative Ginger Brock in ''[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series)|The Equalizer]]'', in the 1986 episode, "[[The Equalizer (1985 TV series) season 1#ep15|Dead Drop]]."  In 1991, she portrayed Carol Pulaski on the soap opera ''[[General Hospital]]''. In 1993, she portrayed an unrelated Vulcan character disguised as a Romulan (Tallera/T'Paal) in the two-part episode of ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' titled "[[Gambit (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Gambit]]".<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qXeNAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT822|title=Science Fiction Television Series Episode Guides, Histories, and Casts and Credits for 62 Prime-Time Shows, 1959 Through 1989|first1=Mark|last1=Phillips|first2=Frank|last2=Garcia|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|location=[[Jefferson, North Carolina|Jefferson]]|page=822|year=2014|isbn=9781476610306}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbYf2l7gczUC&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT631|title=The Star Trek Encyclopedia|first1=Michael|last1=Okuda|first2=Denise|last2=Okuda|first3=Debbie|last3=Mirek|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|location=[[New York City]]|page=631|year=2011|isbn=9781451646887}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbYf2l7gczUC&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT632|title=The Star Trek Encyclopedia|first1=Michael|last1=Okuda|first2=Denise|last2=Okuda|first3=Debbie|last3=Mirek|publisher=[[Pocket Books]]|location=[[New York City]]|page=632|year=2011|isbn=9781451646887}}</ref> In the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' episode "[[Deathwalker]]" (1994), she appeared as [[Civilizations in Babylon 5#Abbai|Abbai]] Ambassador Kalika.


Curtis also appeared in the television series ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'', ''[[Herman's Head]]'',  ''[[Night Court]]'', ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'', and ''[[Johnny Bago]]''. She starred in the made-for-TV movies ''In Love with an Older Woman'',  ''First Affair'', ''Northstar'', ''[[LBJ: The Early Years]]'' as [[Jacqueline Kennedy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/db/movie/lbj-the-early-years/|title=LBJ: The Early Years|first=|last=|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=February 1, 1987|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/01/arts/tv-view-lbj-a-powerful-portrait.html|title=TV VIEW; 'LBJ' -- A POWERFUL PORTRAIT|first=John|last=Corry|website=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|page=33|date=February 1, 1987|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-30-ca-1655-story.html|title=DRAMATIC BIOGRAPHY : WARY NBC TO AIR ‘LBJ: THE EARLY YEARS’|first=Lee|last=MarguliesS|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher=Los Angeles Times Communications LLC ([[Patrick Soon-Shiong|Nant Capital]])|date=January 30, 1987|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''[[Shootdown (film)|Shootdown]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/11/28/shootdown-misses-on-007-tragedy/|title=`SHOOTDOWN`: MISSES ON 007 TRAGEDY|author=Chicago Tribune Staff|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]|date=August 8, 2021|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> and ''Tagteam''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/db/tv-show/tagteam/|title=Tagteam|first=|last=|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref>
Curtis also appeared in the television series ''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'', ''[[Herman's Head]]'',  ''[[Night Court]]'', ''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'', and ''[[Johnny Bago]]''. She starred in the made-for-TV movies ''In Love with an Older Woman'',  ''First Affair'', ''Northstar'', ''[[LBJ: The Early Years]]'' as [[Jacqueline Kennedy]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/db/movie/lbj-the-early-years/|title=LBJ: The Early Years|first=|last=|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=February 1, 1987|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/01/arts/tv-view-lbj-a-powerful-portrait.html|title=TV VIEW; 'LBJ' -- A POWERFUL PORTRAIT|first=John|last=Corry|website=[[The New York Times]]|page=33|date=February 1, 1987|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-01-30-ca-1655-story.html|title=DRAMATIC BIOGRAPHY : WARY NBC TO AIR 'LBJ: THE EARLY YEARS'|first=Lee|last=MarguliesS|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=January 30, 1987|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> ''[[Shootdown (film)|Shootdown]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1988/11/28/shootdown-misses-on-007-tragedy/|title='SHOOTDOWN': MISSES ON 007 TRAGEDY|author=Chicago Tribune Staff|website=[[Chicago Tribune]]|publisher=[[Tribune Publishing]]|date=August 8, 2021|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref> and ''Tagteam''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/db/tv-show/tagteam/|title=Tagteam|first=|last=|website=[[Screen Rant]]|publisher=[[Valnet]]|date=|accessdate=May 23, 2025}}</ref>


=== Stage and commercial work ===
=== Stage and commercial work ===
Curtis has numerous stage credits in regional and national theatre, including ''Gyspy'', ''[[Applause (musical)|Applause]]'', ''[[Oliver!]]'', and ''...And Other Songs'' in New York City. She performed in ''The City Suite'' [[off Broadway]] and in ''Garden'' in [[Los Angeles]]. Her other work includes ''The Nerd'', ''The Man of La Mancha'', and ''[[The Apple Tree]]''. She has also appeared in several television commercials and [[infomercials]].
Curtis has numerous stage credits in regional and national theatre, including ''Gyspy'', ''[[Applause (musical)|Applause]]'', ''[[Oliver!]]'', and ''...And Other Songs'' in New York City. She performed in ''The City Suite'' [[off Broadway]] and in ''Garden'' in [[Los Angeles]]. Her other work includes ''The Nerd'', ''The Man of La Mancha'', and ''[[The Apple Tree]]''. She has also appeared in several television commercials and [[infomercials]].


Curtis made frequent appearances at ''[[Star Trek]]'' conventions starting in 1986<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VM9PAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA31&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22&article_id=3544,5024351&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwijoM797LeNAxVtQjABHfQFAbE4ChDoAXoECAgQAw#v=onepage&q=%22Robin%20Curtis%22&f=false|title=August Star Trek Convention Features Actress Robin Curtis|page=31|first=|last=|website=[[Ocala Star-Banner]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=August 10, 1986|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Enterprising_Women/hWGgPXtRA7AC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA31&printsec=frontcover|title=Enterprising Women Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth|first=Camille|last=Bacon-Smith|publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]]|location=[[Philadelphia]]|year=1991|page=31|ISBN=9780812213799}}</ref> to the mid-1990s, but by 2014, she was appearing only occasionally. She became a residential real estate agent in 2004 and the following year debuted her one-woman show, a work-in-progress, ''Not My Bra, You Don't! – The Sexual Odyssey of a Forty-Nine-Year-Old Woman''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2015/02/stark_treks_leonard_nimoy_told_me_to_go_for_it_says_cny_actress.html|title=Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy told me to 'Go for it,' says CNY actress|first=Elizabeth|last=Doran|date=February 27, 2015|website=[[List of Advance subsidiaries#Advance Media New York|Syracuse.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|accessdate=May 21, 2025}}</ref>
Curtis made frequent appearances at ''[[Star Trek]]'' conventions starting in 1986<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VM9PAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22&pg=PA31&article_id=3544,5024351|title=August Star Trek Convention Features Actress Robin Curtis|page=31|first=|last=|website=[[Ocala Star-Banner]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=August 10, 1986|accessdate=May 22, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWGgPXtRA7AC&dq=%22Robin+Curtis%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA31|title=Enterprising Women Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth|first=Camille|last=Bacon-Smith|publisher=[[University of Pennsylvania Press]]|location=[[Philadelphia]]|year=1991|page=31|isbn=9780812213799}}</ref> to the mid-1990s, but by 2014, she was appearing only occasionally. She became a residential real estate agent in 2004 and the following year debuted her one-woman show, a work-in-progress, ''Not My Bra, You Don't! – The Sexual Odyssey of a Forty-Nine-Year-Old Woman''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2015/02/stark_treks_leonard_nimoy_told_me_to_go_for_it_says_cny_actress.html|title=Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy told me to 'Go for it,' says CNY actress|first=Elizabeth|last=Doran|date=February 27, 2015|website=[[List of Advance subsidiaries#Advance Media New York|Syracuse.com]]|publisher=[[Advance Publications]]|accessdate=May 21, 2025}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Curtis married [[Kent Williams (actor)|Kent Williams]] while meeting on the set of ''[[Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series)|The New Mike Hammer]]''. They divorced soon afterwards.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okgoAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA24&dq=%22Kent+Williams%22+actor&article_id=6016,1965658&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiJr-zdxseNAxUKTTABHU-pHwYQ6AF6BAgEEAM#v=onepage&q=%22Kent%20Williams%22%20actor&f=false|title=Robin Curtis Trades Vulcan Ears For Romulan Ones.|first=Ian|last=Spelling|newspaper=[[The Herald Journal]]|publisher=[[Adams Publishing Group]]|date=October 8, 1993|access-date=May 30, 2025|page=24|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
Curtis married [[Kent Williams (actor)|Kent Williams]] while meeting on the set of ''[[Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984 TV series)|The New Mike Hammer]]''. They divorced soon afterwards.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okgoAAAAIBAJ&dq=%22Kent+Williams%22+actor&pg=PA24&article_id=6016,1965658|title=Robin Curtis Trades Vulcan Ears For Romulan Ones.|first=Ian|last=Spelling|newspaper=[[The Herald Journal]]|publisher=[[Adams Publishing Group]]|date=October 8, 1993|access-date=May 30, 2025|page=24|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
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Robin Curtis (born Template:Birth based on age as of date[1]) is an American actress. She is best known for replacing Kirstie Alley in the role of Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.[2][3][4][5]

Early years

Curtis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Curtis;[6] her hometown is New York Mills, New York.[1] She has two brothers.[7] In 1974 she graduated from New York Mills Union Free School,[6] where she acted in plays.[7] She graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1978,[6] majoring in theater and communications.[1]

Career

Film

Curtis' first film was Ghost Story (1981). Next she starred as Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984).[3][8][4][5] Her performance in the film drew a mixed reception from Trek fans.[2] For The Search for Spock, Curtis was paid $30,000.[9] She reprised the role of Saavik for a brief appearance in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).[10][11][12]

In the 1990s, Curtis was in Hexed,[13] The Unborn 2,[14] Babyfever, Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero,[15] Hostile Intentions,[16] Dark Breed,[17] Santa with Muscles,[18] Recoil, Scorpio One,[19] The Sex Monster,[20][21] and Making Contact.

In 2022, Curtis was cast in the horror film Awaken the Reaper,[22][23] her first film role since 1999.[24]

Television

She co-starred in the 1983 episode "Short Notice" during the first season of the Knight Rider television series. Curtis guest starred as Company operative Ginger Brock in The Equalizer, in the 1986 episode, "Dead Drop." In 1991, she portrayed Carol Pulaski on the soap opera General Hospital. In 1993, she portrayed an unrelated Vulcan character disguised as a Romulan (Tallera/T'Paal) in the two-part episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation titled "Gambit".[25][26][27] In the Babylon 5 episode "Deathwalker" (1994), she appeared as Abbai Ambassador Kalika.

Curtis also appeared in the television series Dream On, Herman's Head, Night Court, MacGyver, and Johnny Bago. She starred in the made-for-TV movies In Love with an Older Woman, First Affair, Northstar, LBJ: The Early Years as Jacqueline Kennedy,[28][29][30] Shootdown,[31] and Tagteam.[32]

Stage and commercial work

Curtis has numerous stage credits in regional and national theatre, including Gyspy, Applause, Oliver!, and ...And Other Songs in New York City. She performed in The City Suite off Broadway and in Garden in Los Angeles. Her other work includes The Nerd, The Man of La Mancha, and The Apple Tree. She has also appeared in several television commercials and infomercials.

Curtis made frequent appearances at Star Trek conventions starting in 1986[33][34] to the mid-1990s, but by 2014, she was appearing only occasionally. She became a residential real estate agent in 2004 and the following year debuted her one-woman show, a work-in-progress, Not My Bra, You Don't! – The Sexual Odyssey of a Forty-Nine-Year-Old Woman.[35]

Personal life

Curtis married Kent Williams while meeting on the set of The New Mike Hammer. They divorced soon afterwards.[36]

Filmography

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1981 Ghost Story Rea Dedham Directed by John Irvin
1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Lieutenant Saavik Directed by Leonard Nimoy[37]
1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1993 Hexed Rebecca Written and directed by Alan Spencer
1994 The Unborn 2 Linda Holt Directed by Rick Jacobson
Babyfever Carol Directed by Victoria Foyt and Henry Jaglom
1995 Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero Major Marin Directed by Rick Jacobson
Hostile Intentions Janine West Written and directed by Catherine Cyran
1996 Dark Breed Marian Directed by Richard Pepin
Santa with Muscles Leslie Directed by John Murlowski
1998 Recoil Julie Sloan Directed by Art Camacho
Scorpio One Shannon Brey Directed by Worth Keeter
1999 The Sex Monster Woman on Street Written and directed by Mike Binder
Making Contact Directed by Molly Smith
2024 Awaken the Reaper Connie Written by Dave Campfield and directed by Dave Campfield and Justin Paul
765874 – Unification Saavik Directed by Carlos Baena[37]

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1982 In Love with an Older Woman Michelle Made-for-TV movie directed by Jack Bender
1983 Knight Rider Nicole Turner Episode: "Short Notice" (S 1:Ep 22)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
First Affair Uncredited Made-for-TV movie directed by Gus Trikonis
1985 MacGyver Kate Connelly Episode: "The Gauntlet" (S 1:Ep 4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Northstar Jane Harlow Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter Levin
1986 The Equalizer Ginger Brock Episode: "Dead Drop" (S 1:Ep 15)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
The New Mike Hammer Peggy Ryan Episode: "Dead Pigeon (S 3:Ep 2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1987 Scarecrow and Mrs. King Alice Trask Babcock Episode: "Rumors of my Death" (S 4:Ep 14)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
MacGyver Kate Connelly Episode: "Friends" (S 2:Ep 20)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Airwolf Lynn Episode: "Rogue Warrior" (S 1:Ep 13)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
LBJ: The Early Years Jacqueline Kennedy Made-for-TV movie directed by Peter Werner
Private Eye Eileen Quinlan Episode: "War Buddy" (S 1:Ep 13)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Rags to Riches Eileen Newman Episode: "Dear Diary" (S 2:Ep 5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1988 CBS Summer Playhouse Barbara Episode: "Sniff" (S 2:Ep 12)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Shootdown 1st Newswoman Made-for-TV movie directed by Michael Pressman
1989 Night Court Dr. Judith Malloy Episode: "Mental Giant" (S 6:Ep 10)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1990 Dragnet Vikki Lucas Episode: "The Auditor" (S 2:Ep 15)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Dream On Doctor St. Claire Episode: "Death Takes a Coffee Break" (S 1:Ep 2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1991 Tagteam Lt. Carol Steckler Made-for-TV movie directed by Paul Krasny
General Hospital Carol Pulaski 1 episode dated March 26, 1991
The New Adam-12 Mrs. Thomas Episode: "Lock House" (S 2:Ep 11)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1992 Herman's Head Diane Shaw Episode: "Intern-al Affairs" (S 2:Ep 4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1993 Johnny Bago Nella Episode: "Johnny Saves the World" (S 1:Ep 8)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Star Trek: The Next Generation Tallera / T'Paal Episode: "Gambit" (2 Parts: S 7:Ep 4-5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1994 Babylon 5 Ambassador Kalika Episode: "Deathwalker" (S 1:Ep 9)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1995 Space: Above and Beyond Andrea Wilkins Episode: "Eyes" (S 1:Ep 6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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1996 Murder, She Wrote Rosemary Tynan Episode: "Murder Among Friends" (S 12:Ep 16)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Podcast

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Year Title Role Notes
2016 Starship Excelsior: The Star Trek Audio Adventure Commander Saavik Episodes:
"Impeccable Logic" (S 4:Ep 12)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
"Tomorrow's Excelsior" (S 4: E13)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

References

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