Gates McFadden

Cheryl Gates McFadden ( born March 2, 1949 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio ) is an American actress. She has a degree in Theatre Studies at Brandeis University.

Life

Even under their name Cheryl McFadden had a small supporting role in 1984 as a secretary in the movie The Muppets Take Manhattan.

She became famous for her role as a doctor, " Dr. Beverly Crusher " in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Since the character of " Dr. Beverly Crusher " had not developed in the way Gene Roddenberry had imagined, McFadden was eliminated for the duration of the second season of the series and was replaced by Diana Muldaur. After the role of the ship's doctor, " Dr. Katherine Pulaski ", which should be more to build on the properties of Dr. Leonard McCoy, had obtained an unpopular status with the television audience, McFadden returned to personal Please return with the start of the third season of the series. On the FedCon 2006 she said of her role as Beverly Crusher, that they would have these desired something humorous.

In 1990 she played a supporting role in the " Caroline Ryan " in the film The Hunt for Red October. After the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1995 she was in a supporting role in the short-lived television series the Heat in Hawaii to see.

For the fantasy film Labyrinth, she worked as a choreographer for which they, for example, the Ball sequence and the battle in the goblin city developed. As the first female protagonist of a Star Trek series, they resulted in a sequence also Director ( Season 7, Episode Genesis).

With John C. Talbot she has a son (born 10 June 1991).

Filmography (selection)