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Shelby Leverington (born 15 September 1946; age 79) is the actress who played Brossmer in the Star Trek: The Next Generation fifth season episode "The Next Phase". She has been active in movies and television since 1971.
Leverington appeared in S.O.B. (1981, with Jennifer Edwards, Hamilton Camp, Corbin Bernsen, Peter Eastman and Karen Austin) and L.A. Law (1981, starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake, with Bill Cobbs, Anne Haney, Gregory Itzin, James McDonnell, Renata Scott, Paul Willson and James Avery). She also appeared in three episodes of Highway to Heaven with David Cowgill and Ken Olandt. In 2005, Leverington was featured in The Island along with Ethan Phillips, Noa Tishby and Kevin McCorkle.