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|name = Maurishka
'''Maurishka Taliaferro''' is an actress who appeared as [[Yeoman]] [[Zahra Jamal]] in the [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Original Series]] episode {{e|Operation -- Annihilate!}}, credited only as '''Maurishka'''.
 
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|birth name = Maurishka Taliaferro
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|gender = Female
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|roles = [[:Category:TOS performers|Featured actress]]
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|characters = [[Yeoman]] [[Zahra]]
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'''Maurishka Taliaferro''' is a model and occasional actress who appeared as [[Yeoman]] [[Zahra]] in the {{s|TOS}} [[TOS Season 1|first season]] episode {{e|Operation -- Annihilate!}}, credited only as '''Maurishka'''. She filmed her scenes on Wednesday {{d|15|February|1967}} on location at the [[TRW Space and Defense Park]], Tuesday {{d|14|February|1967}}, Thursday {{d|16|February|1967}} and Friday {{d|17|February|1967}} at [[Paramount Stage 31|Desilu Stage 9]].
She appeared in the 1970 film ''The Red, White and Black'', featuring TOS stuntman [[Bobby Clark]]. Her only other known motion picture credit is the {{w|Elvis Presley}} feature ''Stay Away, Joe'' in 1968.
 
   
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Taliaferro was an exotic and sought-after model in the 1960s, who used her success in modelling to get a role on ''Star Trek'', of which she was a huge fan. [http://julianperezconquerstheuniverse.blogspot.com/2009/06/julian-perez-goes-to-movies-star-trek.html]
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She appeared in the 1970 film ''The Red, White and Black'', featuring TOS stuntman [[Bobby Clark]]. She also appeared in the [[Elvis Presley]] feature ''Stay Away, Joe'' and in an uncredited role in the {{w|Fred Astaire}} film, ''Finian's Rainbow'' (in which [[Vince Howard]] also had an uncredited role), both in 1968. These are her only known motion picture credits.
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Maurishka Taliaferro is a model and occasional actress who appeared as Yeoman Zahra in the Star Trek: The Original Series first season episode "Operation -- Annihilate!", credited only as Maurishka. She filmed her scenes on Wednesday 15 February 1967 on location at the TRW Space and Defense Park, Tuesday 14 February 1967, Thursday 16 February 1967 and Friday 17 February 1967 at Desilu Stage 9.

Taliaferro was an exotic and sought-after model in the 1960s, who used her success in modelling to get a role on Star Trek, of which she was a huge fan. [1]

She appeared in the 1970 film The Red, White and Black, featuring TOS stuntman Bobby Clark. She also appeared in the Elvis Presley feature Stay Away, Joe and in an uncredited role in the Fred Astaire film, Finian's Rainbow (in which Vince Howard also had an uncredited role), both in 1968. These are her only known motion picture credits.

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