Sad to read this obituary ...
She was stunning in "Mudd's Women." Looks like she attended a ST convention just last year.
She was stunning in "Mudd's Women." Looks like she attended a ST convention just last year.
RIP, Maggie Thrett
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RIP.
RIP.
The Hollywood Reporter link above has such a rich accounting of her Star Trek episode that it must have been written by both a fan of hers and the show.
“On “Mudd’s Women,” which premiered on Oct. 13, 1966, as the sixth episode of NBC’s Star Trek — it was shot as the series’ second installment — Thrett, with her long brown hair, dazzled in a sparkling emerald green gown as Ruth Bonaventure.
“She and fellow aliens Eve McHuron (Karen Steele) and Magda Kovacs (Susan Denberg) play prospective brides pimped out by Roger C. Carmel’s Harry Mudd, but they need a Venus drug to preserve their illusion of beauty. (In real life, Thrett and Carmel were next-door neighbors in Hollywood.)”
“On “Mudd’s Women,” which premiered on Oct. 13, 1966, as the sixth episode of NBC’s Star Trek — it was shot as the series’ second installment — Thrett, with her long brown hair, dazzled in a sparkling emerald green gown as Ruth Bonaventure.
“She and fellow aliens Eve McHuron (Karen Steele) and Magda Kovacs (Susan Denberg) play prospective brides pimped out by Roger C. Carmel’s Harry Mudd, but they need a Venus drug to preserve their illusion of beauty. (In real life, Thrett and Carmel were next-door neighbors in Hollywood.)”
Yeah, I appreciate the Trek-friendly reporting. And he got so much right, you just know he put in his two mistakes on purpose to ward off suspicion of total nerd status. He said the women were aliens, and that the pills were to keep them from ageing.
Sure thing.I've heard that some people in the corporate world will put a deliberate typo into emails, to make themselves appear too secure and easy-going to proof-read before sending. The "I'm not a Trekkie!" fact-gaffe might be along those same lines in journalism.
Regarding the extreme prominence of Star Trek in Thrett's obit, it seems I have yet to check the Wikipedia page of any guest star, even a background actor, for whom our show is not mentioned in the first paragraph. It's like TOS is part of our cultural bedrock now. You just don't want to appear too familiar with it.
I don't see why not. Some people endlessly quote baseball stats, which to me is monumentally boring. At least Star Trek is about something.
I am entirely unapologetic about whatever knowledge I have of the fandoms I'm part of.
Took me aback when I see her nephew is named Chris Pine....
She sounded like a gas in real life. My family isn't nearly that interesting.
{sad face} Rest well...
Easily one of the most gorgeous ladies on TOS.
"And the next orders you'll be taking Kirk ole boy will be from Harcord Fenton Mudd!"
Strangely enough I don't think I ever saw her in anything else over the last fifty years! Plus what was all that mail order bride rumour with her and Leonard Nimoy back in 66? RIP
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Or, y'know, a mistake.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor
Thrett has a moment in the TOS blooper reel where she adjusts her dress (after accidentally slipping out of it I presume) during the sickbay scene. Her sheepish but knowing grin makes her seem like she had a good sense of humor about herself.
Of course, it's creepy in retrospect that they put that moment into the blooper reel to show everyone at the wrap party, but 1960s are going to 1960s, I guess.
Yeah, I appreciate the Trek-friendly reporting. And he got so much right, you just know he put in his two mistakes on purpose to ward off suspicion of total nerd status. He said the women were aliens, and that the pills were to keep them from ageing.
You know I love ya, Zap, but this isn't 1975 grade school. At this point, with official Comic Cons drawing huge crowds, "nerd status" is practically a badge of honor.
There's little reason to intentionally screw up the episode plot. I'm sure it was just an example of "hey she was in that episode where..." and they didn't bother to fact check.
We have plenty of that in Trekdom. Even Me-TV articles, AIMED AT FANS, constantly get details wrong. Or, just open any of the Cushman books. Just lousy research.
This kind of reminds me of when fans (and Harlan Ellison) pounced on Joan Collins for misremembering her character's background in "City" when she included it in her autobio. We may have memorized every episode, but to her, it was a one and done, such a small part of her resume, she barely remembered it. The series is import to FANS, not necessarily to the people who did their one guest shot out of dozens that year decades earlier. And non-fan reporters get what they feel is enough.
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