Kathryn Hays RIP

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Fleet Captain

Fleet Captain

• Apr 8, 2022

• #1

Kathryn Hays, Gem from "The Empath" has died at the age of 87.

https://tvline.com/2022/04/08/kathryn-hays-as-the-world-turns-kim-obituary-dead-age-87/

 

Phaser Two

Rear Admiral

Premium Member

• Apr 8, 2022

• #2

Aw, no. That's sad. I loved her performance. RIP, Ms. Hays.

 

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Ronald Held

Vice Admiral

Admiral

• Apr 8, 2022

• #3

No. RIP.

 

Spock's Barber

Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral

• Apr 9, 2022

• #4

RIP. Now she is free to roam the stars.

 

Neopeius

Admiral

Admiral

• Apr 9, 2022

• #5

Phaser Two said:

Aw, no. That's sad. I loved her performance. RIP, Ms. Hays.

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This. So much this.

"Empath" was the first episode I saw in its entirety (aside from TAS). I was six. Left quite an impression.

 

LAFR

Commander

Red Shirt

• Apr 9, 2022

• #6

She was a quiet woman.

 

Nerys Myk

Sgt Pepper

Premium Member

• Apr 9, 2022

• #7

Loved her performance. There was something ethereal about the way she moved. Like a dance.

 

ZapBrannigan

Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral

• Apr 9, 2022

• #8

She had an item in Starlog #3 (Jan 1977) on page 28:
https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-003/page/n27/mode/2up

 

Joanna McCoy-Kirk

Commodore

Commodore

• Apr 9, 2022

• #9

I am watching "The Empath" right now. RIP Ms. Hays.

 

Indysolo

Commodore

Commodore

• Apr 10, 2022

• #10

It's one of my favorite episodes and her performance is wonderful in it. RIP.

 

TREK_GOD_1

Vice Admiral

Admiral

• Apr 11, 2022

• #11

On to the next phase for Hays. "The Empath" was a wonderful, heartfelt episode which was as much about the care and loyalty between the Big Three as the story of why Gem was used in the experiment.

Hays would go on to have a reunion with Leonard Nimoy in 1972's "She'll Be Company for You", a third season episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery, during Nimoy's brief period of playing very unsavory guys--in that case, a recent widower who was more than happy to see his wife (played by Hays) finally die from a lingering illness. You might imagine his troubles only started from that point forward.

 

Forbin

Fleet Admiral

Admiral

• Apr 11, 2022

• #12

I saw her in a (not very good) 1966 western called "Ride Beyond Vengeance" this weekend, which also featured Trek actors Paul Fix and Frank Gorshin. She was awfully pretty!

 

J.T.B.

Rear Admiral

Rear Admiral

• Apr 11, 2022

• #13

Sorry to hear this. She was in my least favorite OS episode, but she was a great performer and was good in everything I've seen her in.