Kathryn Leigh Scott (born 26 January 1943; age 82) [1] is the actress who played Nuria in the Star Trek: The Next Generation third season episode "Who Watches The Watchers".
Scott was born as Kathryn Kringstad in Robbinsdale, Minnesota and is best known for her role as governess and former waitress, Maggie Evans, in Dark Shadows, in which Next Generation guest star Mitchell Ryan also starred. She starred on the series from 1966 through 1970, during which time she played multiple characters in addition to Evans. She also appeared in the 1970 film based on the series, House of Dark Shadows. In 1979, she starred in the TV movie The Chinese Typewriter, with William Daniels. In 1986, she began her own publishing company known as Pomegranate Press to write stories about her days on Dark Shadows.
After Dark Shadows, Scott went on to make guest appearances on such series as Space: 1999 (starring Martin Landau and Nick Tate), Hawaii Five-O (starring Jack Lord), Little House on the Prairie, Quincy, M.E. (1977, featuring Robert Ito and Garry Walberg), and The Incredible Hulk. She also found time to appear in feature films such as The Great Gatsby (1974), John Wayne's Brannigan (1975, starring John Wayne, featuring Arthur Batanides), Providence (1977, with David Warner), and The Greek Tycoon (1978, with Tony Jay). In 1979, she starred in Big Shamus, Little Shamus.
During the 1980s, Scott was seen on such programs as Dynasty (starring Lee Bergere and Joan Collins), Magnum, P.I., Police Squad! (with Barbara J. Tarbuck), Tales of the Gold Monkey (starring Stephen Collins), Hardcastle and McCormick (starring Brian Keith and Daniel Hugh Kelly), The A-Team (starring Dwight Schultz, with William Lucking, Lance LeGault and Noble Willingham), Knots Landing, and multiple episodes of Dallas (with Leslie Bevis, Lance LeGault, Andrew Prine, William Smithers, Leigh Taylor-Young and Morgan Woodward). She also co-starred on Philip Marlowe, Private Eye from 1983 through 1986; in the latter year, she appeared in The Last Days of Patton along with Daniel Benzali and Ed Lauter. In film, she was seen in Witches' Brew (1987, with Terri Garr) and Assassination (1987, with Michael Ansara).
Her work in the 1990s includes an appearance on 21 Jump Street with Larry Cedar, Matlock (1990, with Samantha Eggar), and a role in One Eight Seven (1997, with Tony Plana, Jack Kehler and Richard Riehle).
External links[]
- KathrynLeighScott.com – official site
- Kathryn Leigh Scott at the Internet Movie Database
- Kathryn Leigh Scott at Wikipedia