Robin Curtis

Early years

Curtis is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Curtis; her hometown is New York Mills, New York. She graduated from the State University of New York at Oswego in 1978, majoring in theater and communications.

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). She reprised the role of Saavik for a brief appearance in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986).

In the 1990s, Curtis was in Hexed, The Unborn 2, Babyfever, Bloodfist VI: Ground Zero, Hostile Intentions, Dark Breed, Santa with Muscles, Recoil, Scorpio One, The Sex Monster, and Making Contact.

In 2022, Curtis was cast in the horror film Awaken the Reaper, her first film role since 1999.

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". 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, Shootdown, and Tagteam.

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 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.

Personal life

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

Filmography

Film

Television

Podcast

References

References

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