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Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Susan Oliver Actress Director Writer. Play trailer The Green Girl A fascinating aura of mystery seemed to surround the characters portrayed by blue-eyed blonde actress Susan Oliver, whose trademark high cheekbones, rosebud lips and heart-shaped face kept audiences intrigued for nearly three decades. She left a fine legacy of work in theater, motion pictures and television.

Susan oliver

Just before being cast as Vina, Oliver took on an acting assignment which exhausted her. She was looking forward to a holiday in Hawaii when Studio Executive Oscar Katz talked her into accepting the part of Vina, expecting she would easily manage it without any problems. Once signed, Oliver recalled her preliminary meetings; " It was a very nice company. All of us in the production enjoyed doing it. We went to Gene Roddenberry's house several times and just sat around the kitchen, had coffee and talked. Gene was very much present on the set during filming. However, realizing she was not to go on holidays after all and that the makeup requirements of her role were extremely demanding, Oliver sought a serious heart-to-heart with Katz, who already suspected as much; " I knew that she would not be kindly disposed towards me. Oliver wasn't a dancer before playing Vina. However, since the part required her to perform a dance, she trained with a choreographer every day of a week, before she began filming. In common with Majel Barrett-Roddenberry , Oliver also worked as a test subject for the Orion makeup, later recalling, " They tried many, many things on me until they finally […] found what they wanted. Years later, Oliver wanted to direct an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation but never got the chance, the response being that she didn't know enough about visual effects, this despite the fact that a knowledge of visual effects was not a director's requirement for the series. Star Trek expert Larry Nemecek has commented that Oliver could very well have learned how to direct for the show and been fine at doing so.

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Charlotte Gercke later known as Susan Oliver ; February 13, — May 10, was an American actress , pilot and television director. Oliver appeared on stage in It was a stage comedy. Also in , Oliver was in larger roles. Oliver began rehearsals for a co-starring role in the Broadway play Patate in mid It was her last Broadway performance.

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The Fugitive. Susan Oliver. A Man Called Shenandoah. As a privileged adolescent, she went to various public and boarding schools. Woodland Hills, California , U. The Love Boat 6. Footage from that pilot was later incorporated into the two-part episode "The Menagerie". Trailer During this time, her most challenging role was as the ambitious wife of doomed country music legend Hank Williams George Hamilton , in offbeat casting in Your Cheatin' Heart Charlotte Gercke later known as Susan Oliver ; February 13, — May 10, was an American actress , pilot and television director. Primus 2 episodes.

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Amelia Earhart as Neta Snook 'Snookie'. Born Charlotte Gercke on February 13, in New York City, she was the daughter of well-to-do George Gercke , a political reporter and journalist for the New York World, and his astrology practitioner wife, Ruth Oliver aka Ruth Hale Oliver , both of whom divorced while Susan was still quite young age 3. The Wild Wild West 1 episode as Triste. Want to rate or add this item to a list? Charlotte Gercke later known as Susan Oliver ; February 13, — May 10, was an American actress , pilot and television director. That film was ultimately shelved, before earning scant release a couple of years later. In , Oliver co-piloted a Piper Comanche to victory in the mile transcontinental race known as the " Powder Puff Derby ", which resulted in her being named Pilot of the Year by the Association of Executive Pilots. However, realizing she was not to go on holidays after all and that the makeup requirements of her role were extremely demanding, Oliver sought a serious heart-to-heart with Katz, who already suspected as much; " I knew that she would not be kindly disposed towards me. A brief return to the Broadway stage, with the comedy "Patate" starring Tom Ewell and Lee Bowman , would last only four days but Susan earned great notices and won New York's Theatre World Award World for her outstanding breakout performance. She and the pilot escaped injury. Ginger in the Morning as Sugar.