News Donahue As Federation Commissioner Nancy Hedford

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Elinor Donahue remembers working on the original series episode Metamorphosis very clearly. The actress took on the role of Federation Commissioner Nancy...

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[ZapBrannigan]

I distinctly recall an anecdote in which director Ralph Senensky had to stop Shatner from giving Donahue a hard time during their table reading, but I can't find it right now. If it was ever here...

http://senensky.com/metamorphosis/

...RS had second thoughts and took it out. Or maybe I read it elsewhere.

And there is this:
https://archive.org/stream/starlog_magazine-130/130#page/n73/mode/2up

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[JonnyQuest037]

OK, who else clicked on this thread expecting to read a post about Phil Donahue playing Nancy Hedford?

 

[The Old Mixer]

I clicked to see if anyone would make a joke about it....

 

[Push The Button]

I always think of her as Miriam, Felix Unger's girlfriend.

 

[Forbin]

Naw, to me she's the cute teenage daughter in Father Knows Best.

 

[Push The Button]

Naw, to me she's the cute teenage daughter in Father Knows Best.

FNB was a little before my time, though one of our local stations did show it for a while back in the 70s, but it didn't interest me.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

I just love the scene where Nancy holds her scarf up like a veil and looks through it. There's an interview with the director somewhere about what a happy accident that was. It's a remarkable serendipity.

Donahue was great in the episode, but I've always thought she was underused. Star Trek was the better for having her.

 

[PCz911]

Confession: this is my favorite episode of st.
Which is why I so hated tng re-imagining of the characters in their movie series.

 

[Not Herbert]

Metamorphosis plays like a feature film. A wonderful self contained story with first-rate performances and a beautiful score by George Duning. Too bad Glenn Corbett didn't survive to do "First Contact" in 1996. He would have been only 62 or 63, and since the Companion rejuvenated Cochrane, it would have been plausible.

Anyway, Donahue is perfect as Hedford. I'm surprised she hasn't been offered more film/TV roles of that serious nature. I've only seen her in sitcoms and in the film Pretty Woman. I'm sure she got Pretty Woman because of her association with Garry Marshall, who directed that picture and was the EP on The Odd Couple series.